130-yr-old crocodile 'Gangaram' dies, 500 villagers attend funeral
Over 500 villagers attended the last rites of a crocodile named 'Gangaram' who died aged around 130 years in Chhattisgarh's Bemetara district. The three-metre-long reptile was carried on a tractor decorated with flowers. "He would eat rice and dal. If he saw anyone swimming near him, he used to go to the other side of the pond," a villager said. 