This behavior was introduced in 26.1-snapshot-10.
The enderman maintains the action of holding a block under any circumstances, even though it is not holding anything.
MC-306607
Endermen now display the block-holding pose even when empty-handed
Resolved
Fixed
1
Confirmed
Platform EC
Important
Entities, Textures and models
26.1 Snapshot 10
26.1 Snapshot 11
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