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Snood

Male turkeys have a snood. What do you notice when you look at a turkey head on? You notice the long, fleshy attachment to its beak.

Although, according to the National Wild Turkey Federation, the snood does not have a known function, it does change form as the male turkey, or tom, moves.

When the gobbler relaxes, the snood retracts. When he struts, his snood engorges with blood and extends

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