Minecraft player shares hilarious clip of a spinning panda

Minecraft's bugs, despite Mojang's best efforts, still pop up on occasion. Sometimes, they cause serious issues, but most of the time, they simply result in a funny occurrence. One such incident was shared on the game's subreddit on January 7, 2024, by u/Aussiedudeonreddit, who showed a bug of a panda mob rotating underneath the leaf blocks of a jungle tree.

The spin byu/Aussiedudeonreddit inMinecraft

Although it's unclear as to how this particular bug first occurred (likely the panda getting stuck in the tree's leaf blocks and being incapable of normal movement), Minecraft players had plenty of jokes to share in response to the post.

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Minecraft fans come prepared with humor at the sight of a spinning panda

Comment byu/Aussiedudeonreddit from discussion inMinecraft

As soon as u/Aussiedudeonreddit's post hit the Minecraft subreddit, it almost seemed like fans were prepared to dish out a bevy of references, jokes, and remarks. Players quoted Chuck Berry's hit single Johnny B. Goode and Dead or Alive's You Spin Me Round (Like a Record) and were overall thoroughly amused by the spinning panda mob in Minecraft, regardless of how it came to be.

Some players joked that u/Aussiedudeonreddit should have placed a campfire underneath the panda to cook it rotisserie style. u/LittleMe42 theorized that the panda likely got stuck when it climbed the jungle tree's vines and clashed with the leaf blocks, but overall, commenters had no real answers for how this panda decided to start spinning.

Comment byu/Aussiedudeonreddit from discussion inMinecraft

Comment byu/Aussiedudeonreddit from discussion inMinecraft

Comment byu/Aussiedudeonreddit from discussion inMinecraft

Comment byu/Aussiedudeonreddit from discussion inMinecraft

Comment byu/Aussiedudeonreddit from discussion inMinecraft

Comment byu/Aussiedudeonreddit from discussion inMinecraft

Redditor u/Practice_40URS posited that the spinning panda was a certified Bedrock bug moment, given the version's propensity for glitches compared to Java Edition and the fact that the mobile version of the game also runs on the Bedrock codebase. However, u/CallieX3 pushed back on the notion, saying mob behaviors like the spinning panda have been seen in Java Edition as well.

Comment byu/Aussiedudeonreddit from discussion inMinecraft

Comment byu/Aussiedudeonreddit from discussion inMinecraft

Regardless of which Minecraft edition this rare panda-spinning event occurred on, it certainly brought plenty of levity to the game's subreddit. Granted, this particular subreddit is never in short supply, but a little humor is always welcome among fans of Mojang's beloved sandbox game. When bugs are harmless, they can still add plenty of charm to the game even a decade after its initial full release.

With a growing collection of mobs and blocks in each subsequent update, Mojang's in-game engine isn't perfect when it comes to interactions between the game's creatures and environments. Be that as it may, it's the little goofs and gaffes that occur during gameplay that will keep players coming back to Minecraft for years to come, and u/Aussiedudeonreddit's post is just one example of this in action.

Perhaps more funny Minecraft bugs will occur in the future that can be shared. Given the steady churn of unusual glitches throughout the game's history, the question is likely one of "when" rather than "if."