An outbreak of a rapidly spreading virus is leaving cottontail rabbits with eerie black, horn-shaped growths sprouting from their heads, prompting warnings to keep a safe distance from the affected animals.
Dubbed “Frankenbunnies” by locals, the deformed rabbits have been reported in Fort Collins, Colorado. One resident, Susan Mansfield, told 9News she encountered a rabbit whose mouth was ringed with what looked like “black spikes or tiny sticks poking out in every direction.”
“It looks like it was black quills or black toothpicks sticking out all around his or her mouth,” Mansfield said. “I thought he would die off during the winter, but he didn’t. He came back a second year, and it grew.”
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