{"id":4139,"date":"2025-08-22T21:59:20","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T21:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=4139"},"modified":"2025-08-22T21:59:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T21:59:21","slug":"mutant-deer-with-bubble-skin-sparks-outbreak","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/?p=4139","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Mutant deer\u2019 with bubble skin sparks outbreak"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Strange Deer Sightings Go Viral<\/strong><br>Photos of deer covered in dark, warty \u201cflesh bubbles\u201d have alarmed social media users in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. One Reddit user wrote:&nbsp;<em>\u201cNot sure what\u2019s wrong with her or how we can help. Gunshot wound? Tumor? Fireworks? Prion disease?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>What\u2019s Really Happening?<\/strong><br>Experts say it\u2019s deer fibroma, a skin condition caused by a papillomavirus. According to Maine wildlife officials:&nbsp;<em>\u201cThese manifest as firm, warty growths fixed to the skin of a deer\u2026 typically dark in color and bare of fur.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/deer-255x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14274\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Is It Dangerous?<\/strong><br>The virus spreads by close contact.&nbsp;<em>\u201cJust like the human warts, they come from direct contact,\u201d<\/em>&nbsp;said Dr. Kristin Mansfield. It\u2019s harmless to humans, and the meat is safe to eat:&nbsp;<em>\u201cThey\u2019re limited to the skin, and you can just cut them off.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Why More Cases?<\/strong><br>Experts link the trend to climate change and increased social media sharing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/readupdatednews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/amy-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14275\"\/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Strange Deer Sightings Go ViralPhotos of deer covered in dark, warty \u201cflesh bubbles\u201d have alarmed social media users in Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. One Reddit user wrote:&nbsp;\u201cNot sure what\u2019s wrong with her or how we can help. Gunshot wound? Tumor? Fireworks? Prion disease?\u201d What\u2019s Really Happening?Experts say it\u2019s deer fibroma, a skin condition caused by a&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4140,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4139"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4139\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4141,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4139\/revisions\/4141"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/4140"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/horizonvibe.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}