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MC-305551

Rabbits don't play their idle head bob animation

Even when given time and in any game mode the rabbits in this java version will not do the head bobbing animation as shown in the latest minecraft video

Environment

Flat ground and in survival and creative

Comments 3

I was able to see them for a short period, but after some time they stopped doing it and I never saw it in game again. It’s probably in there somewhere, but it’s probably broken to a point that it is practically nonexistent.

Can confirm. Happens because it can only play if the rabbit has been leashed, but is not currently leashed.

Suggested fix (in net.minecraft.world.entity.animal.rabbit.Rabbit):

private boolean shouldPlayIdleAnimation() {
  return this.idleAnimationTimeout <= 0 && !this.isLeashed() && !rabbit.isNoAi();
}

Edit to my comment on 9/01/2026 at 7:30 PM UTC:

!rabbit.isNoAi()!this.isNoAi()

Joshua

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1543419

Confirmed

Expansion A

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26.1 Snapshot 2

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