I think the Jackal does too and i believe they both use the same animations..
They could do a lot more with the animations imo, when I think back to the animations that were in the game in 2016 I sometime think I am going crazy, maybe I imagined them, but the animations were amazing..
I will never forget the glory of using Soul Trap and feeling that I was literally pulling someones soul out of them.. did I imagine this???
My little Dwarven rolly ball (Theodilite or something) has it too. He goes into a little ball and peaks his head out