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FAIRBANKS, Alaska,- The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is warning residents of an unusual phenomenon -- blood-sucking fish falling out of the sky. The department said in a Facebook post it received four reports in a single week of the toothed fish, identified as lampreys, being found on dry land in the Fairbanks area. "The local Value Village store found a live lamprey in their parking lot," the post read. "Another resident called and said he found one on his lawn!" The department said it's unlikely the lampreys have learned to fly. "The answer is probably gulls. Gulls are...

Lampreys from Great Lakes destined for queen's pie DETROIT — A few unwanted, invasive sea lampreys from the Great Lakes have been shipped to England for use in a traditional pie for Queen Elizabeth II. The Detroit Free Press reports (http://on.freep.com/IdmZkP) the City of Gloucester, which has given the pie as a gift to the monarch since the Middle Ages, requested the eel-like creatures from the Great Lakes Fishery Commission because they're a protected species in England. The pie is for June's Diamond Jubilee, the 60th anniversary of the queen's ascent to the throne. Commission spokesman Marc Gaden shipped 2...