The growths are caused by a rare virus named Shope papilloma virus. The virus leads to wart-like skin protrusions on rabbits' ...

Rabbits in northern Colorado have been spotted with bizarre, somewhat grisly horns on their face. Shope papillomavirus is ...

As per experts the condition is caused by Shope papilloma virus, a disease that creates wart-like tumors on rabbits, often ...

The grotesque “Frankenstein”-esque rabbits — once just a Colorado curiosity — are now turning up in Minnesota and Nebraska, their furry faces sprouting grotesque horn- and tentacle-like growths ...

A group of rabbits in Colorado with grotesque, hornlike growths may seem straight out of a low-budget horror film, but ...

Residents of Fort Collins in Northern Colorado are on high alert after stumbling across wild rabbits with black horns and tentacles on their faces. But ...

Colorado Parks and Wildlife: Scary-looking rabbits were hopping around Fort Collins. These weren’t your standard cute, fluffy ...

Strange growths on Colorado rabbits are caused by a common seasonal virus spread by insects. The virus is harmless to humans ...

This article was originally published on mentalfloss.com as Why Rabbits Are Growing Scary ‘Tentacle' Warts on Their Heads in ...

Rabbit papilloma virus is a mostly benign disease that can impact cottontail rabbits in Colorado bitten by infected fleas or ...

Rabbits with black, hornlike spikes growing on their heads and other odd or unslightly protuberances are not dangerous and ...