<P> In anatomical terms, the snood is an erectile, fleshy protuberance on the forehead of turkeys . Most of the time when the turkey is in a relaxed state, the snood is pale and 2 - 3 cm long . However, when the male begins strutting (the courtship display), the snood engorges with blood, becomes redder and elongates several centimetres, hanging well below the beak (see image). </P> <P> Snoods are just one of the caruncles (small, fleshy excrescences) that can be found on turkeys . </P>

What's the dangly thing on a turkey called