A bear walks one mile south, one mile east, then one mile north and ends up exactly where it started. What colour is the bear?

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White — it is a polar bear at the North Pole. The only place on Earth where you can walk one mile south, one mile east, and one mile north and end up in your exact starting position is the North Pole. The only bear native to the North Pole is the polar bear, which is white.

"A bear walks one mile south, one mile east, then one mile north and ends up exactly where it started. What colour is the bear?"

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