Are Negros Closer to Apes Than to Humans? Are these facts in the museum:
The negro skull, in addition to having a smaller brain volume and thicker cranial bones than that of the White, is prognathous ; i.e., the lower face projects forward in the manner of an animal's muzzle. The negro jaw is substantially longer, relative to its width, than the White jaw. A feature of the negro lower jaw is its retention of a vestige of the "simian shelf," a bony region immediately behind the incisors. The simian shelf is a distinguishing characteristic of apes, and it is absent in Whites.
They emit a peculiar offensive body odor similar to apes.
Just as their black skin protected them from the intense African sun, they are inherently lazy in order to prevent over exertion in that intense sun.
The arms and legs of the negro are relatively longer than the European. The humerus is shorter and the forearm longer thereby approximating the ape form.
The eye often has a yellowish scierotic coat over it like that of a gorilla.
The negro has a shorter trunk; the cross-section of the chest is more circular than Whites. Similar to an ape.
The pelvis is narrower and longer as it is in an ape.
The negro has a larger and shorter neck akin to that of apes.
The ears are roundish, rather small, standing somewhat high and detached thus approaching the ape form.
The jaw is larger and stronger and protrudes outward which, along with lower retreating forehead, gives a facial angle of 68 to 70 degrees, like an ape, as opposed to a facial angle of 80 to 82 degrees for Europeans.
The three curvatures of the spine are less pronounced in the negro than in the white and thus more characteristic of an ape.
The two bones proper of the nose are occasionally united, as in apes.
Taxonomists and geneticists believe that negros should be classified as different species. In fact, Darwin declared in The Descent of Man that the negros are so distinct that similar differences found in any other animal would warrant their classification as a different species.
Obtaining
Mining
A shovel without the Silk Touch enchantment can get 4 snowballs by breaking a snow block, and 1–8 snowballs by breaking or blasting snow layers – one per layer. The Fortune enchantment does not affect these amounts.
Creepers / TNT
Creeper and TNT explosions leave snowballs in the resulting debris field if near snow.
Ravagers
On Bedrock Edition, Ravagers destroy snow layers, dropping snowballs.
Pistons
On Bedrock Edition, a block or piston head pushed into the position of snow layers destroys the snow layers, dropping snowballs. 1-3 layers drops 1 snowball, 4-5 layers drops 2 snowballs, 6-7 layers drops 3 snowballs and 8 layers drops 4 snowballs.
Mob loot
Snow golems drop 0–15 snowballs upon death.
Chest loot
| Item | Structure | Container | Quantity | Chance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Java Edition | ||||
| Snowball | Ancient City | Ice box chest | 2–6 | 97% |
| Village | Snowy house chest | 1–7 | 66.3% | |
| Bedrock Edition | ||||
| Snowball | Ancient City | Ice box chest | 2–6 | 97% |
| Village | Snowy house chest | 1–7 | 66.3% | |
Usage
Crafting ingredient
| Name | Ingredients | Crafting recipe |
|---|---|---|
| Snow Block | Snowball |
Combat
Throwing a snowball on a pig animation.
Snowballs can be thrown by using them, similar to an egg. They are affected by gravity.
They deal 3![]()
to blazes but they deal no damage to other mobs. Mobs still have knockback and give the same effect as if they were being damaged (for example, zombified piglins who are hit by snowballs become aggressive toward the attacker), but players are unaffected.[1][until JE Combat Tests]
When fighting the ender dragon, end crystals are able to be destroyed by snowballs being thrown at them.
Dispenser
Snowballs can be fired from dispensers.
Sounds
| Sound | Subtitles | Source | Description | Resource location | Translation key | Volume | Pitch | Attenuation distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball flies | ? | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | 0.4 | 16 | |
| Snowball flies | ? | ? | entity | subtitles | ? | ? | 16 | |
| Dispensed item | Blocks | Dispenser shoots | block | subtitles | 1.0 | 1.2 | 16 |
Advancements
| Icon | Advancement | In-game description | Parent | Actual requirements (if different) | Resource location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
![]() | Bullseye | Hit the bullseye of a Target block from at least 30 meters away | Take Aim | Be at least 30 blocks away horizontally when the center of a target is shot with a projectile by the player. | adventure/bullseye
|
Data values
ID
| Item | Identifier | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball | snowball | Item | item.minecraft.snowball |
| Entity | Identifier | Entity tags | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball | snowball | impact_projectiles | entity.minecraft.snowball |
| Item | Identifier | Numeric ID | Form | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball | snowball | 374 | Item | item.snowball.name |
| Entity | Identifier | Numeric ID | Translation key |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowball | snowball | 81 | entity.snowball.name |
Entity Data
Snowballs have entity data that define various properties of the entity.
- Entity data
- Tags common to all entities
- Tags common to all projectiles
- Item: The item to render as, may be absent.
- Tags common to all items
Video
History
| Java Edition Alpha | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| v1.0.5 | |||||
| Snowballs are used to craft snow blocks. | |||||
| Snowballs could stack up to 64. | |||||
| v1.0.5_01 | Snowballs now stack to 8. | ||||
| Added a new snowball sound effect. | |||||
| Harvesting snowballs now requires a shovel. | |||||
| v1.0.6 | Snowballs now stack up to 16. | ||||
| Thrown snowballs no longer disappear. | |||||
| v1.1.1 | It is no longer possible to obtain more than four snowballs from a solid snow block (the player was previously able to obtain 4-6 snowballs per snow block allowing an infinite number of snowballs to be made). | ||||
| Java Edition Beta | |||||
| Sound Update | The throw sound of snowballs has now been changed. | ||||
| Java Edition | |||||
| 1.0.0 | Beta 1.9 Prerelease | Ghasts no longer shoot flaming snowballs. | |||
| RC1 | Snowball throwing sound was changed. | ||||
| 1.9 | 15w32a | Snowballs no longer damage the ender dragon. | |||
| 15w36b | Snowballs now produce particles when thrown at an entity. | ||||
| 15w49a | Snowballs, as well as all projectiles, now take the thrower's motion into account when fired. | ||||
| 1.11 | 16w32a | The entity ID has now been changed from Snowball to snowball. | |||
| 1.13 | 17w47a | Prior to The Flattening, this item's numeral ID was 332. | |||
| 1.14 | 18w43a | ||||
| 18w49a | Snowballs can now be found in chests in snowy tundra village houses. | ||||
| 19w08a | |||||
| 1.16.2 | Pre-Release 1 | Snowballs are now affected by bubble columns. | |||
| Upcoming Java Edition | |||||
| 1.19 | Deep Dark Experimental Snapshot 1 | Snowballs now generate in ancient city chests. | |||
| Combat Tests | Combat Test 4 | Snowballs now stack to 64, once again. | |||
| Snowballs now have 4-tick cooldown and are not rendered for the first 2 ticks to prevent screen flickering. | |||||
| Pocket Edition Alpha | |||||
| v0.2.0 | |||||
| v0.3.0 | Snowballs now drop as an item when mining snow blocks and snow layers. | ||||
| Snowballs can be used to craft snow blocks. | |||||
| v0.4.0 | Snowballs can now be thrown. | ||||
| v0.11.0 | build 14 | Snowballs are now available in the creative inventory. | |||
| v0.12.0 | Snowballs now deal damage to blazes. | ||||
| v0.12.1 | build 1 | Added snow golems, which drop snowballs. | |||
| Bedrock Edition | |||||
| 1.10.0 | beta 1.10.0.3 | ||||
| 1.11.0 | beta 1.11.0.1 | Snowballs can now be found in some snowy tundra village house chests. | |||
| beta 1.11.0.5 | |||||
| Legacy Console Edition | |||||
| TU1 | CU1 | 1.0 | Patch 1 | 1.0.1 | |
| 1.90 | |||||
| New Nintendo 3DS Edition | |||||
| 0.1.0 | |||||
Issues
Issues relating to "Snowball" are maintained on the bug tracker. Report issues there.
Trivia
- A thrown snowball faces the player in the first-person view and appears horizontally rotated in third-person view. This is the case for all throwable items (ender pearls, eggs, snowballs, and all throwable potions).
