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Meerkat

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This article documents a feature that has been shelved indefinitely.
 
It is unknown whether this feature will be implemented in a future update.
Meerkat
Meerkat.png: Infobox image for Minecraft entity 'Meerkat'
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    "title": "Meerkat",
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            "field": "Passive",
            "label": "Behavior"
        },
        {
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            "label": "(link to Mob type article, displayed as Mob type)"
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            "field": "<span class=\"nowrap\"><span class=\"sprite-file\" to File:BiomeSprite desert.png article, displayed as 16x16px|link=Desert|alt=|class=pixel-image|)</span>(link to Desert article, displayed as <span class=\"sprite-text\">Desert</span>)</span>",
            "label": "(link to Mob spawning article, displayed as Spawn)"
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    "images": [
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The meerkat was a proposed mob that was featured in the Biome Chooser at MINECON Earth 2018, alongside the termite, ostrich, and fox. It was a mob that would spawn in deserts, and was confused for a cat by Tiny Jens.

It, along with the rest of the biome, lost the vote at only 15.2%.

Preview video

Trivia

  • Two Meerkat's holding up a sign after walking, used to promote the Biomes vote.
    Two Meerkat's holding up a sign after walking, used to promote the Biomes vote.
  • Two meerkat's walking with a sign, used to promote the biome vote.
    Two meerkat's walking with a sign, used to promote the biome vote.
  • The meerkat's idle animation
    The meerkat's idle animation
  • The meerkat's walking animation.
    The meerkat's walking animation.
  • The meerkat's stopping animation after walking.
    The meerkat's stopping animation after walking.
  • Tiny Jens and Tiny Agnes looking at a meerkat under a palm tree.
    Tiny Jens and Tiny Agnes looking at a meerkat under a palm tree.
  • A meerkat's cameo in the 2023 Mob Vote Event.
    A meerkat's cameo in the 2023 Mob Vote Event.
  • A meerkat using a party horn, in the event if it won the vote.
    A meerkat using a party horn, in the event if it won the vote.

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