The Google homepage is ready for Thanksgiving, but there's not a roasted, fried, or otherwise cooked bird involved. No, instead there's a delightfully interactive turkey who looks ready to strut around your screen.
The turkey is Google's latest doodle — a redesigned version of the search engine's homepage logo — and it's a throwback to the days of tracing our hands with crayons and turning the resulting patterns into Thanksgiving-themed masterpieces.
Just like those hand turkeys of Thanksgiving past, the Google doodle can be customized to suit your personality. By clicking on various parts of the bird you can change its headpiece, footwear, or individual feathers. (If you'd rather let chance decide how your turkey should look, just tug on its wings and see what happens.)
Once you've created the turkey of your dreams, you can share it via Google+ or by grabbing a shortened URL leading to your creation — just click on the corresponding button on the doodle's right.
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