icmplib fails to ping hostnames that only resolve to AAAA entries about icmplib HOT 4 CLOSED

~/venvs $ source icmplib/bin/activate
~/venvs $ pip install --upgrade icmplib
Collecting icmplib
  Downloading icmplib-1.2.2-py3-none-any.whl (26 kB)
Installing collected packages: icmplib
  Attempting uninstall: icmplib
    Found existing installation: icmplib 1.2.1
    Uninstalling icmplib-1.2.1:
      Successfully uninstalled icmplib-1.2.1
Successfully installed icmplib-1.2.2
~/venvs $ sudo icmplib/bin/python3
...
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from icmplib import ping
>>> host = ping('ipv6.google.com')
>>> host.is_alive
True

(icmplib) root@x:~# pip list | grep icmplib
icmplib       1.2.1
(icmplib) root@x:~# python3
Python 3.8.6 (default, Sep 25 2020, 09:36:53)
[GCC 10.2.0] on linux
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> from icmplib import ping
>>> host = ping('2a00:1450:400a:802::200e')
>>> host.is_alive
True
>>> host = ping('ipv6.google.com')
>>> host.is_alive
False
>>>