No, nothing that I can remotely think of. Prey animals predict motion to avoid being eaten, predators predict motion to catch prey and/or to avoid bigger predators. Cows are stupid for mammals, but bullfighting would be really boring if the bull couldn't track the human. The "herd animal" phrasing you're reacting to is an irrelevant remark in our (I asked M the bio person) opinion. Even chickens can predict motion to dodge you trying to catch them, and chickens are, well, dumb.

I'm also reminded of the Larry Niven SF argument that sentience is more likely to develop in omni- or carnivores than in herbivores on the "How much intelligence does it take to sneak up on a blade of grass?" Partial and ignoring other issues, but it's still a great line.