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Reunite two lovesick hamsters in Google's Valentine's Day Doodle

Help them scamper back to each other ❤️
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The animation for Google's Valentine's Day doodle.
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Google is celebrating the day of love with a special Valentine's Day-themed Doodle, featuring two adorable hamsters stuck in a Google letter-shaped maze.

The object of today's playable animation is to reunite the lovelorn creatures, using a bunch of levers and switches to complete the Google logo. True love will reign once the cute couple are back together.

The interactive 3D Doodle is the latest in Google's line of search illustrations, many of which have celebrated important legacies (including pizza), campaigned for COVID-19 vaccines, and marked occasions like the Olympics.

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Today's Doodle takes less than 30 seconds to play, and ends with the hamsters coming together inside a heart, accompanied with a cute jingle in the background. Happy Valentine's Day!

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Meera Navlakha

Meera is a journalist based between London and New York. Her work has been published in The New York Times, Vice, The Independent, Vogue India, W Magazine, and others. She was previously a Culture Reporter at Mashable. 

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