In scenes that wouldn’t be out of place in The Last Of Us , rabbits with zombie-like growths sprouting out of their heads have been spotted hopping around Colorado in recent days. Residents have shared photos of the nightmarish creatures on social media, with users comparing them to “Frankenstein” and branding them "demon-rabbits" – so what on Earth is going on? The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in or subscribe to access the full content.

The beleaguered bunnies are infected with cottontail rabbit papilloma virus – also called Shope papilloma virus – which is spread by biting insects, such as mosquitoes and ticks, and causes black nodules on the skin, usually on the head, which can become elongated and may come to resemble horns.

Fortunately for those infected

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