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Mojang has done a great job with its most recent updates overhauling old systems and breathing new life into the game. I think this could still go further with a mob overhaul. The aim of such an overhaul would be to elevate older mobs to the same level as the newer ones while also adding the kinds of mobs needed to fill out the world for a more immersive game play experience. 

I'm sure you would love to know what such an overhaul would intel. First It would bring most of  the older mobs up to the same standard as the new ones, with better models, textures, and animations. Minor educational opportunity in the form of proper feed and care of animals, improved breeding and more realistic child growth, more accurate behaviors and actions. Second this would be the best opportunity to add mobs I am sure most of the player base thinks is missing from the game, like birds, deer, or even the previously promised frogs, vultures, meercats and such.  

Minecraft is already headed in this direction and though I would love such an overhaul to be on the level of the mod Animania, all I am asking is for all of the older mobs the be elevated to the same level of the newer mobs such as the warden, panda, and goat, all of which have better models, textures and animation, and even some variations.

It is my belief that Minecraft has plenty of farm animals and hostile mobs but not many ambient or wild mods

If this idea does suit you please view the Animania mod from 1.12 for further reference.

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    More variation in the base mobs would be a nice thing, I'm not sure how much more details in actually caring for mobs Mojang would add. One thing Mojang could do to add more life would be small bugs that are more like particle effects. Firefly lights in mods add all sorts of life with no additional mobs, seeing "birds" way up in the sky with the clouds (but no interactions), random ripples on source block surfaces, there are ways to add phantom signs of life or movement without more mobs that players could then adjust as per their system abilities. I do lean however on the idea that larger mobs should have some sort of purpose or mechanic added, bats drive me bonkers as they don't really add much much, even if they dropped random seeds or rotten flest if a player is close and spooks them from roosting would be handier.