As weird and concerning as they appear, the virus that causes the dark, wart-like horns or tentacles to grow on cottontail ...

Rabbits infected with the Shope papilloma virus have growth on their heads and faces resembling “horns and tentacles.” ...

As for the wild rabbits, they catch the virus from tick, flea or mosquito bites. Long, tentacle-like growths can appear ...

First it was rabbits with black tentacles. Now it is squirrels with grotesque tumours being dubbed “zombie squirrels” across ...

Sightings of “zombie squirrels ” with bulging, hairless tumors have been reported in Maine and parts of Canada. These growths ...