Squids and glow squids can swim one block above water
The bug
Squids and glow squids can swim exactly one block above water, which allows them to get on land and suffocate. They don't "fly" far away, they don't "teleport" back in water. They do actually swim.
How to reproduce
Spawn some squids or glow squids in water and wait. Some of them will swim out of water.
Examples

Linked Issues
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1LotS
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- Confirmed
Normal
- Gameplay
- Mob behaviour
- beach squid swim water water-block
1.13-pre5 - 24w38a
1.13-pre5 1.13-pre6 1.13-pre9 1.13-pre10 1.13 18w30b 18w32a 1.13.1 1.13.2 19w03b 19w03c 19w06a 19w12b 19w13a 19w13b 19w14a 19w14b 1.14-pre1 1.14-pre2 1.14-pre3 1.14-pre4 1.14-pre5 1.14 1.14.1-pre2 1.14.1 1.14.2-pre1 1.14.2-pre2 1.14.2 1.14.3 1.14.4-pre1 1.14.4-pre3 1.14.4-pre4 1.14.4-pre5 1.14.4-pre6 1.14.4 19w34a 19w35a 19w36a 19w37a 19w38b 19w39a 19w40a 19w41a 19w42a 19w45b 19w46b 1.15-pre1 1.15-pre2 1.15-pre3 1.15-pre4 1.15-pre5 1.15-pre6 1.15-pre7 1.15 1.15.1 1.15.1-pre1 1.15.2-pre1 1.15.2-pre2 1.15.2 20w06a 20w07a 20w08a 20w09a 20w10a 20w11a 20w12a 20w13a 20w13b 20w15a 20w17a 20w18a 20w19a 20w20a 20w20b 20w21a 1.16-pre2 1.16-pre3 1.16-pre8 1.16-rc1 1.16 1.16.1 20w28a 20w30a 1.16.2-pre1 1.16.2-pre3 1.16.2-rc1 1.16.2-rc2 1.16.2 1.16.3-rc1 1.16.3 1.16.4-pre1 1.16.4-pre2 1.16.4-rc1 1.16.4 20w46a 20w48a 20w51a 21w03a 1.16.5 21w05a 21w05b 21w06a 21w07a 21w08b 21w10a 21w11a 21w13a 21w14a 21w15a 21w16a 21w17a 21w18a 21w20a 1.17-pre1 1.17-pre2 1.17-rc1 1.17 1.17.1-pre1 1.17.1 21w40a 21w43a 1.18-pre1 1.18.1 22w05a 1.18.2 22w11a 22w13a 1.19 1.19.2 1.19.3 1.19.4-pre1 1.19.4 23w14a 1.20 1.20.1 1.20.5-pre4 1.20.5 1.20.6 24w18a 24w33a 1.21.1 24w34a 24w36a 24w37a 24w38a
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The bug
Squids and glow squids can swim exactly one block above water, which allows them to get on land and suffocate. They don't "fly" far away, they don't "teleport" back in water. They do actually swim.
How to reproduce
Spawn some squids or glow squids in water and wait. Some of them will swim out of water.
Examples
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Relates to MC-132473? I thought I remembered seeing a report that already describes this but I'm unable to find anything.
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Duplicate of MC-132473
Duplicate of MC-132473
Duplicate of MC-132473
Duplicate of MC-132473
Duplicate of MC-132473
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This report duplicates MC-132473.
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The squid issue is MC-132473.
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Yes, I did get that you were saying that the bug doesn't affect you. Unfortunately for me I'm not going to get accustomed to it and I find it very immersion breaking and irritating to see these broken behaviours occurring all the time whilst I play the game. I've been waiting two and a half odd years now for MC-132473 to get fixed and hoping with each new snapshot that I'll see it listed in the change notes.
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Duplicate of MC-132473.
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Gustas Marcinkevicius That is not true.
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@miwob It does not duplicate
MC-125979. This is a separate issue, based on a different behavior of squids. They don't "teleport" back into water, nor they fly far away out of it. They swim exactly 1 block above water, which allows them to end up on land.Confirmed for 1.13.1.
In my 1.13.1 game there is a river area I visit regularly. There are always squids dying due to this bug - up to half a dozen each time I am in the area. I am always being made aware of this bug.
I see this bug all the time in 1.13.2 and 1.14.
Still in 1.14.1 Release
Still in 1.14.2 Pre-Release 1 and 1.14.2 Pre-Release 2
Still happening in 1.14.3. Have a village that has paths through water and the squids constantly beach and kill themselves on them
Affects 20w12a
In 20w18a
In 20w19a
Affects 1.16-pre2.
This is also affecting 1.16.1
Java Edition: 1.16.2
can confirm (see screenshots)
Can confirm that this is still an issue in 20w51a.
In 21w03a
Affects 21w10a
This has been going on for so long, I would say just call this normal behavior and forget it.
Sorry to interject, but three bugs older than this got fixed in the last snapshot alone.
I don't really think that the age of this bug is all that relevant to whether it should get fixed. There are thousands of bugs in the game and new bugs getting created with each snapshot. It will take time for some of them to get fixed, and I will be very happy when it is this bug's turn.
Actually, I meant that this has been this way so long that I'm accustomed to it and even rather like it this way. There are bugs that cause more hassles that I would rather see fixed.
Yes, I did get that you were saying that the bug doesn't affect you. Unfortunately for me I'm not going to get accustomed to it and I find it very immersion breaking and irritating to see these broken behaviours occurring all the time whilst I play the game. I've been waiting two and a half odd years now for MC-132473 to get fixed and hoping with each new snapshot that I'll see it listed in the change notes.
I built a house next to a river, everyday since I hear the sound of the dying squid…
I'm kind of accustomed but still annoyed, like I was with villagers playing with doors. I'm accustomed to my annoyance!
I trust the devs, I think it will be fixed, it's only a matter of time.
In 21w14a
In 21w15a
Affects 21w17a
Affects 21w18a
Can confirm in 1.17 Release Candidate 1.
Still in 1.17
affects 1.17 and i think 1.17.1 pre-release 1
Can confirm in 1.17.1.
Can confirm in 21w40a.
Can confirm in 21w43a.
Can confirm in 21w43a.
Affects 1.18 Pre-1
Affects 22w05a
Can confirm in 1.18.2 and 22w13a.
Can confirm in 1.19.
Can confirm in 1.19.2.
Can confirm in 1.19.3
Can confirm in 1.19.4 Prerelease 1.
Can confirm in 23w14a
Affects 1.20
Can confirm in 1.20.5 pre4.
Can confirm in 1.20.5.
Can confirm in 24w34a