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Caves & Cliffs biome expansion

This game is literally one of the greatest games ever created and will be held up as the pinnacle of sandbox and open-world game design for years to come.

I was thinking back about how "full" the Nether Update felt when it was released, and how it felt like the perfect amount of biomes to explore in that dimension. When I think of the Nether, I think of a scary, lonely hellscape that when I see it, gives me little goosebumps. Having the small number of 5 different biomes makes this feel perfect. 

Now, when I think of the overworld, I feel more safe. I feel like I could walk forever, I feel like I could cave forever, I feel like I could explore forever, and find something new every time. I know that you've said you want to keep the feel of Minecraft, and I have a suggestion to make that work. 

Make the overworld feel like the overworld. I think that the number of cave biomes should echo the number of other biomes in the overworld, and obviously not in the same number of variations. I think that there should be more biomes in the caves than in the Nether, at least 6 or 7 cave biomes, in order for this update to feel more full. You already have 4, if you include normal caves, and I would like to suggest a frozen cave biome, a purple and red mushroom cave biome shrouded in darkness, and small cave grotto's that spawn like amethyst geodes.

I know that ya'll will make that right decision, but the community deserves the best you can give them, and I wanted to make some suggestions.

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    There should not be many more than five cave biomes. HOWEVER, what if each cave can only spawn four cave-specific mob types, and those mobs are chosen from a selection of different cave-specific mobs that could spawn in that type of cave? Same deal with cave plants. This way you get the feel of a different biome each time, even though it isn't.  In addition, this mirrors real life, where caves each evolve their own very separate ecosystems (as they are cut off from each other)

    That or there could be several variants of the lush cave biome, each with its own plants and animals (such as cave-fish, cave birds, bats, different axolotls, etc.) Where the various biomes collide would create variants of already existing biomes (ie. lush dripstone caves, extra lunch caves, [two different lush caves colliding] sparse dripstone caves, etc.)

    I REALLY like the idea of ice caves.

    Finally, maybe there could be a "lush? skulk caves" biome where the new sculk blocks can have new variants, if that works with Minecraft lore.