Wildlife officials in Colorado have confirmed a troubling rise in cases of shope papillomavirus, a rare disease causing wild rabbits to grow tentacle-like growths from their heads and mouths. While the condition is not new to science,

HORRIFYING images of ‘zombie’ rabbits with tentacles sprouting out of their heads have been circulating online – so is your pet bunny safe? The traumatising snaps have led to

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

Rabbits with horn-like growths have appeared around Colorado, alarming residents. The "tentacles" are due to a virus that is generally harmless.

This natural phenomenon may raise the hare on the back of your neck. An increasing number of rabbits in the northern portion of Colorado are being spotted with grotesque, tentacle-like horns sprouting from their faces.

Experts have confirmed that the herbivores have Cottontail Rabbit Papilloma virus (CRPV), an infection which locals have been worried about contracting. Cottontail Rabbit Papillomavirus, also known as Shope papilloma virus, was discovered on cottontail rabbits, a species which is usually found in Midwest America.

Why has the National Guard been sent to Washington, DC, to combat a fake crime wave when America is facing a literal invasion of tentacled rabbits?

Thursday briefing: D.C. protests; Kennedy Center Honors; Tropical Storm Erin; rabbit ‘tentacles’; and more An appeals court said Trump officials can withhold billions of dollars in foreign aid.