There's history behind this actually.
There was a feature in EQ called "frenzy" that had to be enabled on mobs, it was like a flag that was set on the NPCs in the database, which would cause them to assist each other and to have a chance each tick to attack nearby PCs they were hostile to.
When this feature went live in beta some mobs were missed, intentionally or unintentionally.
They fixed it for a few days on Live after launch in Spring of 99 by enabling 'frenzy' on crocs, in that yes, crocs in Oasis would actually attack you and assist each other, but then they got so many complaints that they changed it back and just left it off.
Anyways, classic bug-that's-actually-a-feature.
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