This is not the same eating animation bug as it was during 1.16.220-1.17.0. Instead, this bug is on the latest version (Note that I cannot play on Betas since I am on an iOS device)
Note that this bug may not appear on other devices. It seems to happen on my device, but I'm not sure about others.
Unfortunately, I could not provide a video before this bug occurred.
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