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nirofo

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I photographed this on holiday last year, anybody any idea what this is.

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That's better!
It's a very nice pic of a Roller! & I agree with Jane about the apparent meaness of it's lunch!
 
I have been fortunate with these birds abroad but never seen one looking as good as this. Excellent shot. Where was it taken?
 
Well I know it's a Roller but what's the centipede in it's beak, the thing was about 120-140mm long. It took quite a bashing from the Roller before it was subdued enough to swallow - ugh!! Anybody help, I've not been able to identify the thing for my records. Both the Roller and the Centipede were photographed near Facinas in Andalucia, Spain. April 28th 2003.
 
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Well I know it's a Roller but what's the centipede in it's beak, the thing was about 120-140cm long. It took quite a bashing from the Roller before it was subdued enough to swallow - ugh!! Anybody help, I've not been able to identify the thing for my records. Both the Roller and the Centipede were photographed near Facinas in Andalucia, Spain. April 28th 2003.
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Wow !!! 120 - 140 cm : that's one hell of a centipede :eek!: ;)
 
One and a quarter metres long?! Four feet?

Presume you meant "120-140 mm" ;)

My insect book (which has an appendix of selected other arthropods) cites Scolopendra cingulatus (from the Mediterranean) as the largest European centipede; the pic looks reasonably similar to the critter in your pic, so that might be it. Only possible difference is that the pic shows a uniformly greeny-yellow thing; your pic, it is yellower and has distinct blackish bands on the back and tips to the last pair of legs

Michael
 
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