Endermites glitch into blocks all the time and get stuck and jiggle about really violently and can't escape the block.
Also, for a while they aren't hostile after using a spawn egg.
Basically, pretty much everything about them, their movements, behaviour, AI etc. is broken.
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Duplicate of MC-58120
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