Wildlife officials in Colorado are warning residents to steer clear after reports of wild rabbits with bizarre facial growths., US News, Times Now

According to the Bureau of Land Management Utah, bears have been sighted in Grandstaff Canyon and along the Colorado River, in the Dewey Bridge to Hittle Bottom area. So if you are hiking or boating around Moab, officials are asking you to take extra precautions.

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.