The article discusses 47 lesser-known facts about Minecraft mobs. Here are some of the interesting facts:
1. The blue axolotl mob was inspired by a Pokémon reference and is the only color not based on real life.
2. Piklins will occasionally dance after hoglin hunting in a rare event.
3. Sheep colors have changed over time, with the light blue sheep looking completely different in the 1.4 update.
4. Villagers can move faster than Steve's sprinting speed when under pressure.
5. Evokers can change blue wool to red wool, referencing another Microsoft game, Age of Empires.
6. Baby striders can be saddled using commands, but it wasn't intended by Mojang.
7. Bats spawn more frequently around Halloween.
8. The slowest mob in the game is the lazy panda variant.
9. A green axolotl variant was removed before the game's release.
10. The creeper is the oldest mob in Minecraft, and its creation was inspired by a failed attempt to make a pig.
Other interesting facts include:
* The unused illusioner mob shoots projectiles backwards when in a boat.
* Ravagers were initially afraid of rabbits, but this feature was removed.
* Foxes originally looked different before their final design.
* Baby chickens can hide in hoppers due to their small size.
* The collective noun for endermen is a "haunting."
* Pandas are called an "embarrassment" in a real-world fact.
* Fish and guardians can bounce up to 17 blocks high on slime blocks.
* The ender dragon's name is "Gene?" according to Notch and Dinnerbone.
* Blazes make footstep sounds despite not having visible feet.
These are just a few of the many interesting facts about Minecraft mobs discussed in the article.
Here are the key facts extracted from the text:
1. The blue axolotl in Minecraft is based on a suggestion from a user named DarkIceFlame, who wanted an Easter egg referencing Mudkip from Pokémon.
2. The blue axolotl's color is not based on real-life axolotls.
3. In Minecraft, the lazy panda variant is the slowest land mob in the game.
4. The hitbox of an adult zombie is 1.9 blocks tall, while an adult husk's hitbox is 2.01875 blocks tall in Bedrock Edition.
5. Husks cannot fit through a two-block tall doorway in Bedrock Edition, but they can in Java Edition.
6. The iron golem and the neglected giant have the same health points, 100.
7. The ender dragon's name is Gene, as confirmed by Notch and Dinnerbone.
8. The collective noun for endermen is a "haunting."
9. A group of pandas is called an "embarrassment."
10. Foxes originally looked different in earlier versions of Minecraft.
11. The cow in Minecraft is based on the Norwegian Red cattle.
12. Baby chickens can hide within hoppers due to their small size.
13. The game rule for mob griefing can be used to prevent foxes from picking up items.
14. Wolves love bones and will tilt their heads when shown bones, even after being tamed.
15. Tamed wolves cannot accept bones but still love them.
16. Spiders do not touch the ground in Minecraft and instead float.
17. The unused illusioner mob shoots projectiles backwards when in a boat.
18. Ravagers were afraid of rabbits in an earlier version of Minecraft, but this feature was removed.
19. The panda is the slowest land mob in Minecraft.
20. Cows in Minecraft are based on Norwegian Red cattle.
21. The elder guardian's texture file has a signature from Jeb.
22. Breeding animals is an old tradition in Minecraft, but parrots and bats cannot be bred.
23. The advancement for breeding animals involves two unbreedable mobs, parrots and bats.
24. Foxes can pick up items, but this feature can be disabled using the game rule for mob griefing.
25. The phantom and the glow squid are two mobs that were added to the game through community voting.
26. The fox was also added to the game through community voting.
27. The goat was added to the game through community voting.
28. The killer rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail was added to the game as an Easter egg.
29. The splash potion of harming can kill a cave spider with a direct hit.
30. The harming 2 potion can kill a cave spider with a direct hit.
31. The ender dragon is named Gene, according to Notch and Dinnerbone.
32. The ender dragon has a lot of importance in the Minecraft world.
33. Blazes make footstep sounds even though they do not have visible feet.
34. Pigs can be ridden through one-block spaces, unlike horses.
35. Squids can be knocked back underwater, causing them to rise up to half a block.
36. The village and pillage update added new fashion to the game, including a lily pad hat.
37. The idea for the lily pad hat came from the 2018 fashion shows, including Gucci.
38. Mojang used the Mo' Creatures mod as the baseline for the new horses in the game.
39. The Mo' Creatures mod had its own horses, which were used as the basis for the new horses in the game.
40. The blue axolotl has a 1 in 1200 chance of spawning.
41. The blue axolotl's rarity is based on the approximate number of axolotls left in the wild.
42. Bats spawn more frequently between October 20th and November 3rd as a reference to Halloween.
43. The pig is the oldest existing passive mob in Minecraft.
44. The creeper is the oldest mob in Minecraft.
45. The pig was the first mob intended to be in the game.
46. The game has a damage discrepancy between wither skulls spawned from the summon command and those spawned from the boss.
47. The wither skull projectiles from the summon command only do 5 magic damage on impact, while those from the boss do 8 on a direct hit.
48. Turtles turn into wooden bowls when they die from lightning.
49. You can get up to 28 experience points from killing a large slime and all the slimes that split from it.
50. The iron golem has the same health points as the neglected giant.
51. The lazy panda variant is the slowest land mob in the game.
52. The game has a unique use for knockback, which is for squids.
53. Hitting a squid underwater causes it to rise up to half a block.
54. The ender dragon's name is Gene, as confirmed by Notch and Dinnerbone.
55. The collective noun for endermen is a "haunting."
56. A group of pandas is called an "embarrassment."
57. The game has a lot of quirks that don't make sense, such as the fact that blazes make footstep sounds even though they do not have visible feet.
58. The game has a lot of Easter eggs and secrets, such as the fact that the elder guardian's texture file has a signature from Jeb.
59. The game has a lot of references to other games and media, such as the fact that the killer rabbit from Monty Python and the Holy Grail was added to the game as an Easter egg.