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Letter Published in The National UAE on 14October 22,Tears for a crocodile With reference to Taniya Dutta's report Kerala temple's famous 'vegetarian' crocodile dies (October 10): It's amazing that the crocodile Babiya lived for nearly eight decades at the lake temple and made a big enough impact on devotees that a 1000 people turned up for Babiya's funeral. The extent of people's faith cannot be underestimated. K Ragavan, Bengaluru, India