Polar bears are always white

Ur turn.

I haven't found anything in this question to suggest that it actually is a Polar Bear, which most of the guys here have been presupposing (this might be because of my failing eyes.....that I haven't seen it). And even if it's polar, we can't say for sure that it is white: polar bears might have cream colored fur, or even yellowish when they have grown old. See Reference:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_bear
But since nothing in the question suggests that it is necessarily polar bear, it might well be brown! See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bear

But the problem is that there is some thing fundamentally wrong with the question:
A bear walking 5km south, then 5km east, then 5km north can NOT reach its standing point at all! After going 5 km south, then 5km east, it will have to travel northwest, not north to reach its starting point, and that too around 7.8 km, not 5-- remember? the principle of right angle triangle...... The rest need not be told.........

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On the Contrary, My Dear Watson....................(Second Coming);

It is deduced that the bear...(i.e. the polar bear) lives at the north pole because by using Holmesian deduction we eliminate all probabilities except two:

1. The bear lives at the north pole because it is the only place on earth where anyone let alone a bear can walk acc. to the directions indicated in the question except for the south pole but no bears live at the south pole not even polar bears. (Also how can you go south when you are already standing on the north pole).
This is possible due to the fact that when we are supposed to walk 5 km east, we have to walk 5km east with respect to the north pole and not the position that we have achieved after walking the first 5 km south. Thus we will be walking east but slightly to the north in other words slightly north-east as Watson(i.e. Second Coming) correctly stated. This is because the earth is geoid in shape and not flat. (REFER TO THE ATTACHMENT)
A good objection is raised here, by Watson (i.e. Second Coming) abt the right angled triangle...(It is in accordance with Pythagorus's Theorem that in any right triangle, the area of the square whose side is the hypotenuse (the side of a right triangle opposite the right angle) is equal to the sum of areas of the squares whose sides are the two legs (i.e. the two sides other than the hypotenuse) but this then pionts to the fact that the question is flawed. We assume that this is not the case and the only possible explanation is the one given above.
2. In order for the bear to walk in the above directions and reach its original position on any place on earth other than the north pole, it will have to be LEFT-HANDED; the reason being that the bear being left-handed will have stronger muscles of the left limbs and thus it will walk in a line which is slightly off-set to the left, in other words favoring a LEFT-SIDED CURVE. As the possiblity of bears being left-handed is quite low, abt. 10%.....(incidently.....Polar bears are the only Arctic animals that are left-hand preferential... ...Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Left-handed#In_animals), therefore this probability can be ruled out.
Also, if it is assumed that the bear is supposed to have only one colour then Logic and Holmesian Deduction lead us to the only other explanation that it is, indeed a polar bear and it is white in colour; as if this assumption is not made then the question is flawed.....
How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?

AND THUS THE PATH TO THE TO THE QUESTION IS:
"ELEMENTARY, MY DEAR WATSON".

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@ Second Coming.........


I tried to attach the attachment...didn't work.....just chk out the arctic map on:- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Arctic_Ocean.png

Also the fact that some polar bears are cream coloured is like the left-handed probability.........it occurs less frequently than white so we assume the bear is white..................
You can...never foretell what any one man (or for that matter bear) will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant.
@ all those forum members who answered white........you guys should be thankful to me coz Second Coming almost had made us look like we had egg on our faces...... you should credit me for saving your bacon ......

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@ Wounded Healer,

I did use the Doctor's instinct plus logic abt a left-handed bear's left leg having stronger muscles and thus it walking in a left-sided curve.......

You did know it.....Wounded...right?

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@Doctor sahib
Polar bears are not necessarily white.It is a fact.

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@kashinov
of course man...............its a well known fact that a person who favours his right side will take a right sided curve if he is walking in a desert, cause he will have no point to guide him............so in effect, the person will just be walking in a circle.............same goes for those people who prefer their left side..............

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Actually the majority are.................chk out...........http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polar_Bear#Fur_and_skin

"A polar bear's fur is white (individual hairs are translucent like the water droplets that make up a cloud) and provides good camouflage and insulation. It may yellow with age."

It says it MAY.............yellow..................with age................

You can...never foretell what any one man will do, but you can say with precision what an average number will be up to. Individuals vary, but percentages remain constant.

PS..........@555 read may earlier post.........post no.23...of this thread.

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@555
we r talking about the majority bro..............try thinking at a larger scale, not just at an individual bear

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@Wounded,

also plausible for bears........

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