Vexes willingly damage themselves whilst targeting the player by flying through cacti.
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I figured the same, but if I put that in the report it will probably be resolved as a feature request. Despite literally every other mob (except skeletons for some reason) avoiding cacti.
Since they are "ghost-like" mobs, it would make sense them not taking damage at all.