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A disease is causing rabbits to look like zombies. Is it contagious?

Wildlife officials say a virus is causing rabbits in Colorado to sprout horn-like growths. What is rabbit papillomavirus and ...
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‘Frankenstein’ Rabbits With Tentacles Spark Outbreak Fears—Experts Sound Alarm Over Virus Outbreak and Spread Beyond U.S.

Wildlife officials in Colorado have confirmed a troubling rise in cases of shope papillomavirus, a rare disease causing wild ...
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Why do those rabbits have tentacles on their heads in Rochester?

As for the wild rabbits, they catch the virus from tick, flea or mosquito bites. Long, tentacle-like growths can appear ...
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Rabbits with tentacles: Can humans, dogs catch Shope Papilloma Virus that is turning Cottontails into zombies in Dakota?

Most rabbits have immunity against cottontail rabbit papillomavirus (CRPV) which can cause tumorous growths that can be ...

Are ‘zombie rabbits’ with black horns invading the US?

Wild rabbits in South Dakota and Colorado have developed horn-like growths and mouth tentacles. These bunnies, now being ...

Virus creating mutant rabbits — like something out of ‘The Last of Us’

There’s something funny going on with bunnies in the state of Colorado, as black tentacles appear to be growing out of the ...
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Zombie Rabbits With Terrifying Horn-Covered Faces Found in US: Experts Warn of Deadly Virus Behind Shocking Mutations

The growths are caused by a rare virus named Shope papilloma virus. The virus leads to wart-like skin protrusions on rabbits' ...
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Horrifying transformation turns ordinary rabbits into nightmare creatures as virus spreads through Colorado

Black tentacles writhing from a rabbit's face might sound like science fiction, but it's reality for Colorado residents ...