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As weird and concerning as they appear, the virus that causes the dark, wart-like horns or tentacles to grow on cottontail ...
Rabbits typically overcome the disease on their own, with research suggesting that in about 35% of affected rabbits, ...
Images of 'Frankenstein rabbits' with horns and tentacles have spread across social media. We explain what's really happening.
Rabbits in northern Colorado have been spotted with bizarre, somewhat grisly horns on their face. Shope papillomavirus is ...
Some cottontail rabbits in Fort Collins, Colorado, have been drawing attention because they have wart-like growths on their ...
Though the strange growths on these animals may look intimidating, experts say there’s not much to worry about, and they're ...
The grotesque “Frankenstein”-esque rabbits — once just a Colorado curiosity — are now turning up in Minnesota and Nebraska, ...
Images of rabbits in Colorado with horns and tentacles are making waves across social media, with many likening their strange ...
The growths are caused by a rare virus named Shope papilloma virus. The virus leads to wart-like skin protrusions on rabbits' heads and faces. The virus spreads between rabbits through insect bites.
SEATTLE — The "Frankenstein bunnies" have been making waves across social media in the U.S. Recently, one rabbit potentially ...
Rabbits infected with the Shope papilloma virus have growth on their heads and faces resembling “horns and tentacles.” ...