Greyhounds, for eons, have been bred to outrun their prey. These dogs reach speeds of 45 miles per hour and can average more than 30 miles per hour for short distances of about a mile. Breeding has remained controlled and selective in order to give the greyhound an athlete's body with the grace of a dancer. At the same time, the ability to anticipate the evasive moves of their prey has endowed the Greyhound with a high degree of intelligence.
The modern greyhound is strikingly similar in appearance to an ancient breed of sighthounds that goes back to the Egyptians and Celts. Dogs very similar to greyhounds--domesticated hunters with long, slender bodies-- appear in temple drawings from 6,000 BC in the city of Catal-Huyuk in present-day Turkey.
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