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Mystery #1Tier 2evolution / adaptation

Why are polar bears white?

Almost every other bear is brown or black, but polar bears, alone on the Arctic ice, are white. That can't be a coincidence. Why did this one kind of bear end up matching the snow so perfectly?

A white polar bear with cubs on the snow.
Photo: Candice M. · CC BY 4.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

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