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Why these wild rabbits have “horn-like” warts on their heads  Axios Rabbits With Hornlike Growths Are Hopping Around Colorado. Are They OK?  The New York Times Colorado Rabbits Growing ‘Tentacles’ Sparks Warning  Newsweek Rabbits with ‘horns’ in Colorado are being called ‘Frankenstein bunnies.’ Here’s why.  NBC News Rabbits with ‘tentacles’ or ‘horns’ growing from their heads spotted in Fort Collins  9News.com Source link

A group of rabbits in Colorado with grotesque, hornlike growths may seem straight out of a low-budget horror film, but scientists say there’s no reason to be spooked — the furry creatures merely have a relatively common virus. The cottontails recently spotted in Fort Collins are infected with the mostly harmless Shope papillomavirus, which causes wart-like growths that protrude from …

Residents in Fort Collins, Colorado, are facing a bizarre and unsettling sight: rabbits roaming the area with black, tentacle-like growths sprouting from their heads, sparking online comparisons to infected creatures from The Last of Us. While their appearance is alarming, Colorado Parks and Wildlife says the rabbits are suffering from Shope papilloma virus, also known as the cottontail rabbit papilloma …

DENVER (AP) — A group of rabbits in Colorado with grotesque, horn-like growths may seem straight out of a low-budget horror film, but scientists say there’s no reason to be spooked — the furry creatures merely have a relatively common virus. The cottontails recently spotted in Fort Collins are infected with the mostly harmless Shope papillomavirus, which causes wart-like growths …

Rabbits with tentacles in northern Colorado. There’s not really a better way to sum up recent photos and headlines about cottontail rabbits spotted around Fort Collins with long, dangling growths on their faces. But as concerning as they appear, the virus that causes the dark, wart-like growths is relatively common and usually not anything to worry about, Colorado Parks and …

People in northern Colorado have been reporting sightings of wild rabbits with black horns and tentacles on their faces. The rabbits appeared to have “black quills or black toothpicks” and “a scabbiesh-looking growth over their face,” some Fort Collins residents told local outlet, 9News. Others have dubbed them “Frankenstein rabbits.” These dark growths are most likely caused by a virus …

What the heck is that?! Rabbits in Colorado are causing alarm among residents and looking more like creatures from nightmares and not fuzzy and cuddly friends. Rabbits in Fort Collins, Colorado, are being spotted with eerie black-colored growths resembling tentacles or horns protruding from their heads. 9NEWS Northern Colorado reporter Amanda Gilbert captured a photo of one not-so-cute rabbit with …

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Residents in Fort Collins and other parts of Colorado have spotted wild rabbits with ‘scary’ horn-like and tentacle-shaped growths protruding from their heads and faces. Photos circulating on social media have startled locals. They show the animals with black, spiny structures resembling toothpicks or quills, sparking alarm and speculation about possible diseases. Colorado residents have spotted several rabbits with tentacle-like …

By CHRIS MELORE, US ASSISTANT SCIENCE EDITOR Published: 15:43, 12 August 2025 | Updated: 16:32, 12 August 2025 A mysterious virus has left ordinary rabbits in the US with shocking deformities, including faces full of horns and tentacles. The mutated rabbits have been spotted multiple times in Colorado, specifically in the city of Fort Collins. The sightings date back to …