Colorado residents have been spotting rabbits with tentacles on their heads in recent weeks, but it's actually caused by the cottontail rabbit papillomavirus.

Rabbits with black, tentacle-like growths sprouting from their faces have been spotted in Colorado. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) said a viral infection called the cottontail rabbit papillomavirus caused the black growths on the rabbits.

AI: terrifying bunnies with spiny black tentacles on their faces have been spotted in Colorado. And, yes, they are real. As the local news station 9News reports, rabbits bearing bizarre, spike-like growths on their faces have been repeatedly observed in Fort Collins in recent months.