soul sand can not suffocate mobs
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Players also don't suffocate in soul sand, and it makes the entire world see-through
violine1101
As far as I know, this has been done in order to prevent small mobs from suffocating in soul sand (see MC-51030).
muzikbike
Fixed in 1.15pre2, which seems to bring the above bug right back again.