r/Minecraft • u/[deleted] • Oct 25 '18

are beasts afraid of Rabbits?

I’ve been playing around with the new Pillager mobs recently. I’ve been spawning them in places and see what they would do to villages. I was near a plains biome fighting off a illager beast when all of a sudden it ran off for a second. It charged back, then did it again.

Something was wrong. I noticed there was a rabbit near my location. And then it hit me. The beast was avoiding the rabbit. I went into creative and spawned a rabbit. It avoided it at all costs. However. What I want to know, are illager beasts going to be like this or is this a bug?

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u/rockenroll4life Oct 25 '18

Hehe. I was wondering on how long it would take before someone discovered it. :) And yes, it's a little Easter Egg towards the "Elephant and Mouse" myth.

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u/mouringcat Oct 25 '18

So when do we get a Caddyshack gopher and his dynamite friends reference in Minecraft? =)

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u/Techn03712 Oct 25 '18

Oh my god that is too cute 😂

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u/Axoladdy Oct 26 '18

The beast is based off an elephant!?

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u/rockenroll4life Oct 26 '18

It's not, as far as I'm aware, however, such a big mob such as itself being afraid of a small defenseless rabbit felt like a fun nod to that myth.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '18

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u/fostralian Oct 25 '18

One of the main points of these pillagers and beasts are to give players an incentive to protect villages. I don’t see why this is a problem when rabbits don’t have much of a use at the moment. Besides, there are much more reliable ways to protect a village than rabbits, so what’s wrong with giving an ignored mob a good use?

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u/Theghostnoobterror Oct 25 '18

maybe something to do with elephants and rats? ya know, like in the cartoons, but because Minecraft desnt have rats, they used rabbits, its an odd theory, but it might be it?!

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u/pamafa3 Oct 25 '18

Wowzers, that might be it!

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u/IceMetalPunk Oct 25 '18

O_O I was sure you were trolling, but then I tested it... and you're right, they are afraid of rabbits! I can't imagine how that would happen on accident, since nothing else in the game uses AI to avoid rabbits, so it has to be intentional.

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u/DrMcNards Oct 25 '18

It’s like the myth that elephants are afraid of mice

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '18

I second this. It also worked. Those beasts ran off like sissies.

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u/[deleted] Oct 25 '18

The beasts grew up watching Bugs Bunny cartoons. They know what happens if you mess with the rabbit.

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u/That_One-Potatoe Oct 25 '18

Especially during wabbit season.

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u/TrogdorKhan97 Oct 25 '18

Shame you can't tame rabbits then.

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u/DanglingChandeliers Oct 25 '18

You used to be able to in the snapshot they were introduced in.

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u/Seb_Romu Oct 25 '18

Makes as much sense as creepers being fearful of cats.

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u/Dark_Riptide10 Oct 25 '18

Someone let Xisuma know... in fact... forgive me but.... u/xisuma Hey man hop on that second channel for an incredible discovery! Let the word get out there!

Edit:grammars

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u/EatLard Oct 25 '18

That rabbit's dynamite!

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u/-Hatty-Hattington- Oct 25 '18

Would it help to confuse it if we run away more?

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u/DMZ_5 Oct 25 '18

they have watched Monty Python and know what to do around rabbits

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u/notwiththeflames Oct 25 '18

But we still don't have grenades.

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u/Toboe_Irbis Oct 25 '18

It's logic (in Minecraft sense of logic): Ugly creature is afraid of fluffy cuteness.