Northern Colorado—specifically a town called Fort Collins—has recently made headlines for its rabbit population after it was revealed that several of them had long black tentacles growing all over their bodies.

As weird and concerning as they appear, the virus that causes the dark, wart-like horns or tentacles to grow on cottontail rabbits is relatively common and usually not anything to worry about, CPW

AI: terrifying bunnies with spiny black tentacles on their faces have been spotted in Colorado. And, yes, they are real. As the local news station 9News reports, rabbits bearing bizarre, spike-like growths on their faces have been repeatedly observed in Fort Collins in recent months.