Episode 349
Franken-Bunnies: What the Hop is Happening?! 👻
Yo, buckle up, fam! We’re diving into some seriously wild stuff today—Frankenstein rabbits are popping up across the U.S.! 🐰💀 Yeah, you heard me right! These bunnies are rocking some crazy black tentacles and spikes like they just stepped out of a low-budget horror flick. But before you freak out and stock up on rabbit repellent, chillax! It turns out this is all thanks to the Shope Papilloma virus, which has been around since the ’30s. Good news? Humans and pets are safe from this creepy-crawly situation, and most of these furballs will bounce back like champs! So grab your popcorn, cause we’re about to get real weird with these bunny tales! 🐇✨
Takeaways:
- So, apparently, Frankenstein rabbits are hopping around, and it's not Halloween yet!
- These bunnies are rocking some wild tentacles and horns—total horror movie vibes!
- Don't freak out, folks! It's just the Shope Papilloma virus, and humans are safe!
- Rabbits look like they’re auditioning for a heavy metal album cover, but they’re all good!
- Wildlife experts say most rabbits will bounce back—no bunny apocalypse on the horizon!
- This virus is straight-up legendary, giving us real-life jackalopes—talk about a rabbit hole!
Transcript
Good morning, I'm Haystack.
Speaker A:And if you've been looking for something to fuel your nightmares, I've got it for you.
Speaker A:Apparently, Frankenstein rabbits are showing up in parts of the United States.
Speaker A:People seeing rabbits with what look like black tentacles, black horns or spikes growing out of their faces, looking like they escaped some low budget horror movie.
Speaker A:Others look like somebody crossed a bunny with an octopus.
Speaker B:It's.
Speaker B:Here comes Bonnie Frankenstein Sending shivers up your spine with crazy horn like warts growing out of its face.
Speaker B:A papillomavirus spread by mosquitoes and by ticks.
Speaker B:And this bunny's got a nasty case.
Speaker B:He's got gruesome growths protruding from.
Speaker B:Bunny knows if you see him you'll start puking.
Speaker B:Cause he's hideously gross.
Speaker B:Oh, here comes Bonnie Frankenstein.
Speaker B:Tentacles grow from his eyes with disgusting tumors on his face.
Speaker A:Now before you start panic buying rabbit repellent, the good news is this is not a mutant rabbit apocalypse.
Speaker A:It is caused by something called the Shope Papilloma virus.
Speaker A: that's been around since the: Speaker A:It infects rabbits, it causes these bizarre wart like growths, and they're made of keratin, the same stuff that's in your hair and your fingernails.
Speaker A:And the best news is, humans cannot catch it.
Speaker A:Dogs can't catch it, cats can't catch it.
Speaker A:Rabbits just end up looking like they're auditioning for a horror movie or heavy metal album cover or something.
Speaker A:Wildlife experts are saying that most rabbits will recover on their own unless the growth happens to get so large it interferes with eating or seeing.
Speaker A:It's a virus that's generally spread by fleas, ticks and mosquitoes during summer months.
Speaker A:And my favorite part, scientists are saying they think that this virus may have helped inspire the legend.
Speaker B:Of.
Speaker A:Course, not talking about America's Funniest Home Videos, but the jackalop, the mythical rabbit with antlers.
Speaker A:So what we're seeing is not really a new phenomenon.
Speaker A:It's just the closest thing we've ever had to a real life jackalope.
