Mojang, which runs Minecraft, has a policy of not turning reality-based creatures into hostile mobs, which actually denies the addition of dangerous animals such as sharks, crocodiles and lions. However, in reality, the existence of wolves and polar bears, which are dangerous animals that have actually caused harm to humans, is contradictory, and silverfish, which normally do not harm humans, are hostile mobs in Minecraft, and spiders are also In reality, there are cases of people being attacked by poisonous spiders, but they are treated as complete monsters, which is clearly contradictory. In Minecraft, carnivorous animals other than wolves and polar bears (sharks, crocodiles, lions, etc.) were denied by Mojang and were treated coldly. Therefore, there are only neutral or friendly animals, and some players may even kill the mobs (for example, cows, pigs, fish, squid, etc.). In that sense, players are also at the top of the ecosystem, just like the carnivores that were denied in Minecraft, and this is a complete contradiction to Mojang’s statement of not adding mobs that stand at the top of the ecosystem. This is a symbolically ironic message. There are reasons for this, such as it being bad for children’s education and not wanting to turn real animals into hostile mobs, but at least there is a contradiction, and some countries have actually pointed it out, playing Minecraft is prohibited in that country. I think we need at least a few types of carnivores, and just make them neutral mobs like wolves and polar bears. In fact, carnivorous animals, with the exception of a few, generally do not attack humans, and when they attack humans, there are good reasons such as hunger, territory, or when they cause harm to themselves or their friends. Yes, if not, unless there is a very good reason, I will not get involved. In that sense, wolves, polar bears, pandas, and spiders fall into this category. In particular, bears such as polar bears and pandas are basically timid and will not attack on their own unless there is a very good reason, and humans should use tools to prevent bears (for example, bells that make noises that bears dislike). Bears may retreat from humans. In that sense, it is possible to add carnivorous animals to Minecraft by knowing the proper ecology, but if you do not add them intentionally, in a sense, the same “animal discrimination” as Zootopia is possible. That means you are doing it. However, Mojang sometimes adds “endangered species” with an educational message to players, such as sea turtles, pandas, axolotls, etc., but endangered species such as lions and tigers are intentionally added. If you don’t add anything, you’re not protecting endangered animals, you’re only protecting endangered herbivores and animals that don’t pose a threat to humans, and you’re avoiding obviously endangered species like lions and tigers. However, the same goes for dangerous herbivores, and at least herbivores that have caused harm to humans, such as hippos, elephants, and rhinos, will not be added to Minecraft, just like sharks, crocodiles, lions, etc., but if elephants were added, If so, it means that Minecraft favors herbivores that do not harm the player. However, in that sense, the ecosystem has completely collapsed, and it can be seen that the ecosystem has already collapsed in the world of Minecraft. In fact, in Japan, with the extinction of wolves, deer and wild boars have increased, causing damage such as destroying fields, and eventually humans have no choice but to exterminate them. Also, in a certain area of America, when wolves disappeared, deer increased in large numbers and ate up all the plants, even the bark of trees. Nature has completely collapsed, but as a result of releasing wolves brought from another area into the area where the deer increased too much and the nature collapsed, the wolves started to kill the deer, and wolves breed from there. As a result, the number of wolves has increased, and the number of deer has been greatly reduced. We were able to return it to its natural state. In that sense, it is necessary to teach children the importance of ecosystems in the world of Minecraft as well. The wolf, which reigns at the top of the ecosystem, lives only in the forest, taiga, snowy taiga, forest (mountain), and primeval spruce (pine) forest biome, and of course does not live in the savanna or jungle. Polar bears do not live there, and polar bears only live in the snowy fields, snowy mountains, frost-covered trees, and iceberg biomes, and there are no penguins or sea lions that polar bears can prey on, so the current situation is that they have no choice but to attack foxes. Therefore, I think that the sea, jungle, savanna, etc. need at least an animal that will be the top of the ecosystem (assuming that the animal is neutral to the player, of course). For example, sharks that have been denied to be added to Minecraft… There are various types of sharks, but among them there are only a few that are dangerous to humans, and most of them are neutral. The sharks won’t do anything unless you provoke them and make them angry. They are mostly neutral sharks such as sawshark, bullhead shark, brownbanded bamboo shark, cloudy catshark, and zebra shark. Sharks as a whole aren’t dangerous, as there are some very gentle sharks in the world (well, at least there have been cases of harm, so they may still be). If Mojang still doesn’t want to add sharks, they could use killer whales, which are gentle with humans and generally pose no threat to humans. Other than that, as neutral carnivores suitable for Minecraft, there are birds of prey such as gharials, snow leopards, cheetahs, eagles, hawks, and owls that basically do no harm to humans unless there is a special case (Actually, in 2019 Badlands, which appeared on the ballot in 2017, features birds of prey such as vultures), which have the image of being dangerous and attacking humans, but in reality they are very cowardly and will not approach humans unless there is a serious problem, such as piranhas, scorpion, snakes, etc. Other than polar bears and pandas, bears (such as grizzly bears) and praying mantises are neutral carnivores suitable for Minecraft. If Minecraft developers are looking at this, I wouldn’t say they should forcefully add more carnivores, but I think there is a need to at least add a few types of carnivores that are neutral to Minecraft. If you have any other opinions or new ideas about carnivores such as sharks, crocodiles, lions, and Minecraft, or other carnivores you’d like to see added, please comment.
