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‘Screaming, chanting, struggling teenagers’: the enduring legacy of the Beatles tour of Australia, 60 years on

<div class="theconversation-article-body"><a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/michelle-arrow-45">Michelle Arrow</a>, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/macquarie-university-1174">Macquarie University</a> The Beatles began their first and only tour of Australia 60 years ago this week. It remains a landmark event in our social and cultural history. The Beatles spent almost three weeks in Australia and New Zealand. Touching down in a wet and cold Sydney on Thursday June 11 1964, they played 32 concerts in eight cities: first Adelaide (where drummer Ringo Starr, suffering from tonsillitis and pharyngitis, was replaced by Jimmie Nicol), then Melbourne (with Starr again), Sydney, Wellington, Auckland, Dunedin, Christchurch and two final shows in Brisbane on June 29 and 30. Charming and irreverent as they were, The Beatles themselves were only part of the reason the tour was so memorable. It was the hordes of screaming fans who followed their every move that astonished onlookers. <h2>The rise of Beatlemania</h2> By 1964, Australian teenagers had access to a global youth culture. As the feminist author Anne Summers, then an Adelaide teenager, recalled in her memoir Ducks on the Pond: "It was rare for world-famous pop stars to come to Adelaide and unheard of for a group at the height of their celebrity." That Australian teenagers had the opportunity to see The Beatles in person in 1964 was due to a stroke of luck for tour promoter <a href="https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/brodziak-kenneth-leo-kenn-32165">Kenn Brodziak</a>. In late 1963, Brodziak secured the then up-and-coming Beatles for a three-week tour of Australia at a bargain rate. By the time the tour took place, the Beatles were the biggest band in the world. Their popularity had skyrocketed throughout 1964. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jenWdylTtzs">I Want To Hold Your Hand</a> went to number one on the Australian charts in mid-January and the top six singles that year were <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_top_25_singles_for_1964_in_Australia">all by The Beatles</a>. <figure><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/iUCl9FWLzgM?wmode=transparent&start=0" width="440" height="260" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></figure> So when the band arrived here, Beatlemania was the predictable result: crowds of surging, screaming young people, who turned out in massive numbers wherever the Beatles appeared. While the earliest rock ‘n’ roll fans (and even performers) in the late 1950s were often labelled <a href="https://eprints.qut.edu.au/633/1/moore_keith.pdf">juvenile delinquents</a>, there were too many teenagers swept up in Beatlemania for them to be dismissed in the same way. The crowds became a spectacle in themselves. <h2>‘A chanting mass of humanity’</h2> Beatlemaniacs were loud and unruly. The Daily Telegraph reported: "50,000 screaming, chanting, struggling teenagers crowded outside Melbourne’s Southern Cross Hotel this afternoon to give the Beatles the wildest reception of their careers." It was a similar story in Adelaide. The Advertiser described: "police, their arms locked together and forming a tight circle around the car carrying the Beatles, had to force a path through the surging, screaming crowd […] Police said they had never seen anything like it." The crowds overwhelmed observers with their sheer size – a “solid, swaying, chanting mass of humanity”, according to The Age – and noise. The Daily Telegraph consulted an acoustics expert to conclude “Beatles fans scream like [a] jet in flight”. <figure><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/2MOFBmxPUCs?wmode=transparent&start=0" width="440" height="260" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></figure> Beatlemania was visible (and noisy) evidence of a growing teenage consumer market and the assimilation of rock music, dancing and youth culture into the leisure practices of middle-class youth. It was proof (if anyone still needed it) the youth market was highly developed and extremely lucrative. The speed with which companies found a ready audience for Beatles merchandise (wigs, souvenirs, magazines) demonstrated the relative affluence of the youthful consumer in mid-1960s Australia. This market would continue to grow throughout the decade. <h2>A new idea of youth</h2> Perhaps the most remarkable characteristic of Beatlemania was its femaleness. While not all Beatles fans were girls, it was the crying, screaming girls who attracted the most media comment. The Daily Telegraph described them this way: "It was the girls, the nymphets of 1964 in their uniform of black slacks and duffle coats and purple sweaters – who showed the orgiastic devotion due to the young men from the damp and foggy dead end of England […] the girls wept, screamed, grimaced, fainted, fell over, threw things, stamped, jumped and shouted […] [The Beatles] were the high priests of pop culture, taking due homage from a captive, hypnotised hysterical congregation." The references to “nymphets” with their “orgiastic devotion” tells us many Australians thought these young women were transgressing the norms expected for their era. Young women in the early 1960s were still expected to be demure and responsible. Beatles fans were breaking these rules, and helping to rewrite the meanings of youth and gender in 1960s Australia. <figure><iframe src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/Wyrs5uR-nwc?wmode=transparent&start=0" width="440" height="260" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></figure> Beatlemania was an expression of female desire. The Beatles were powerful objects of fantasy for many fans in a world where sexual mores were slowly changing but where women were still expected to police male desire, stopping young men from “going too far”. A fantasy relationship with a Beatle became a way for young women to dream about their ideal relationship. Screaming, chasing a Beatle down the street: these were acts of rebellion and joy that prefigured the rise of women’s liberation, with its embrace of rebellious femininity. Beatlemania reminds us that, even if women were not always behind the microphone or playing the guitar, they have been important to the history of rock ‘n’ roll music as fans and audience members. Beatlemania marked the ascendancy of a new idea of youth: these young people weren’t mere replicas of their parents, but they were not juvenile delinquents, either. The Beatles tour drew young Australians more closely into a transnational youth culture, fostering the development of a distinctively Australian variant here. Beatlemania also demonstrated the massed power of youth. By the end of the 1960s, many Australian teenagers were gathering on the streets to protest, rather than celebrate, and to make political demands, rather than to scream.<img style="border: none !important; box-shadow: none !important; margin: 0 !important; max-height: 1px !important; max-width: 1px !important; min-height: 1px !important; min-width: 1px !important; opacity: 0 !important; outline: none !important; padding: 0 !important;" src="https://counter.theconversation.com/content/227680/count.gif?distributor=republish-lightbox-basic" alt="The Conversation" width="1" height="1" /> <a href="https://theconversation.com/profiles/michelle-arrow-45">Michelle Arrow</a>, Professor of History, <a href="https://theconversation.com/institutions/macquarie-university-1174">Macquarie University</a> Image credits: Granger/Shutterstock Editorial This article is republished from <a href="https://theconversation.com">The Conversation</a> under a Creative Commons license. Read the <a href="https://theconversation.com/screaming-chanting-struggling-teenagers-the-enduring-legacy-of-the-beatles-tour-of-australia-60-years-on-227680">original article</a>. </div>

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Attention plant killers: new research shows your plants could be silently screaming at you

If you’re like me, you’ve managed to kill even the hardiest of indoor plants (yes, despite a doctorate in plant biology). But imagine a world where your plants actually told you exactly when they needed watering. This thought, as it turns out, may not be so silly after all. You might be familiar with the growing body of work that <a href="https://theconversation.com/heard-it-on-the-grapevine-the-mysterious-chatter-of-plants-6292">provides evidence for</a> plants being able to sense sounds around them. Now, new research suggests they can also generate airborne sounds in response to stress (such as from drought, or being cut). A team led by experts at Tel Aviv University has shown tomato and tobacco plants, among others, not only make sounds, but do so loudly enough for other creatures to hear. Their findings, <a href="https://www.cell.com/cell/fulltext/S0092-8674(23)00262-3">published today</a> in the journal Cell, are helping us tune into the rich acoustic world of plants – one that plays out all round us, yet never quite within human earshot. <h2>Plants can listen, but now they can talk!</h2> Plants are “sessile” organisms. They can’t run away from stressors such as herbivores or drought. Instead, they’ve evolved complex biochemical responses and the ability to dynamically alter their growth (and regrow body parts) in response to environmental signals including light, gravity, temperature, touch, and volatile chemicals produced by surrounding organisms. These signals help them maximise their growth and reproductive success, prepare for and resist stress, and form mutually beneficial relationships with other organisms such as fungi and bacteria. In 2019, <a href="https://www.nationalgeographic.com/science/article/flowers-can-hear-bees-and-make-their-nectar-sweeter">researchers showed</a> the buzzing of bees can cause plants to produce sweeter nectar. Others <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15592324.2017.1368938">have shown</a> white noise played to Arabidopsis, a flowering plant in the mustard family, can trigger a drought response. Now, a team led by Lilach Hadany, who also led the aforementioned bee-nectar study, has recorded airborne sounds produced by tomato and tobacco plants, and five other species (grapevine, henbit deadnettle, pincushion cactus, maize and wheat). These sounds were ultrasonic, in the range of 20-100 kilohertz, and therefore can’t be detected <a href="https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK10924/">by human ears</a>. <h2>Stressed plants chatter more</h2> To carry out their research, the team placed microphones 10cm from plant stems that were either exposed to drought (less than 5% soil moisture) or had been severed near the soil. They then compared the recorded sounds to those of unstressed plants, as well as empty pots, and found stressed plants emitted significantly more sounds than unstressed plants. In a cool addition to their paper, they also included a soundbite of a recording, downsampled to an audible range and sped up. The result is a distinguishable “pop” sound. The number of pops increased as drought stress increased (before starting to decline as the plant dried up). Moreover, the sounds could be detected from a distance of 3-5 metres – suggesting potential for long-range communication. <h2>But what actually causes these sounds?</h2> While this remains unconfirmed, the team’s findings suggest that “cavitation” may be at least partially responsible for the sounds. Cavitation is the process through which air bubbles expand and burst inside a plant’s water-conducting tissue, or “xylem”. This explanation makes sense if we consider that drought stress and cutting will both alter the water dynamics in a plant stem. Regardless of the mechanism, it seems the sounds produced by stressed plants were informative. Using machine learning algorithms, the researchers could distinguish not only which species produced the sound, but also what type of stress it was suffering from. It remains to be seen whether and how these sound signals might be involved in plant-to-plant communication or plant-to-environment communication. The research has so far failed to detect any sounds from the woody stems of woody species (which includes many tree species), although they could detect sounds from non-woody parts of a grapevine (a woody species). <h2>What could it mean for ecology, and us?</h2> It’s temping to speculate these airborne sounds could help plants communicate their stress more widely. Could this form of communication help plants, and perhaps wider ecosystems, adapt better to change? Or perhaps the sounds are used by other organisms to detect a plant’s health status. Moths, for example, hear within the ultrasonic range and lay their eggs on leaves, as the researchers point out. Then there’s the question of whether such findings could help with future food production. The <a href="https://www.agriculture.gov.au/sites/default/files/sitecollectiondocuments/abares/publications/Outlook2012FoodDemand2050.pdf">global demand</a> for food will only rise. Tailoring water use to target individual plants or sections of field making the most “noise” could help us more sustainably intensify production and minimise waste. For me personally, if someone could give a microphone to my neglected veggie patch and have the notifications sent to my phone, that would be much appreciated! Image credits: Getty Images This article originally appeared on <a href="https://theconversation.com/attention-plant-killers-new-research-shows-your-plants-could-be-silently-screaming-at-you-202833" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Conversation</a>.

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“The screaming was so loud”: Young woman struck by roller coaster

A young woman has been taken to hospital after being struck by a roller coaster at the Melbourne Royal Show. Several witnesses reported hearing screams just before the ride was abruptly shut down at around 5.45pm on Sunday Emergency services found the woman, in her 20s, with serious facial injuries at the show’s Rebel Coaster ride before she was taken to hospital in critical condition. Police believe the woman walked onto the track while attempting to retrieve her phone. “Police are currently on scene at the Melbourne Royal Show following reports a young woman has been injured,” Victoria Police said in a statement. “Officers are working to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident and a crime scene has been established. “It appears at this early stage the woman, believed to be aged in her 20s, may have walked on and entered the track to try to retrieve a dropped phone before she was hit by a roller coaster carriage, about 5.45pm. “Sadly the woman was then found injured on the ground. Detectives from the Yarra Crime Investigation Unit are attending the scene and will work with WorkSafe to establish the circumstances surrounding the incident.” <img src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/2022/09/melb-ride-injury1.jpg" alt="" width="1280" height="720" /> Showgoers who were on the ride during the incident were reportedly stuck on it for several hours. Image: 7News In a statement, the Melbourne Royal Show confirmed a “reported injury on the Rebel Coaster ride” and that no one fell from the ride. “We are working closely with the ride operator, WorkSafe Victoria and Victoria Police to investigate the issue further, however we can confirm that no one has fallen from the ride,” the event said. “The ride in question will be closed for the foreseeable future and updates will be made as information comes to hand.” A stall owner told the <a href="https://www.heraldsun.com.au/news/victoria/woman-injured-on-ride-at-the-melbourne-royal-show/news-story/6152e44b860642bca1e80b25d90e1516" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Herald Sun</a> she heard loud screams after the ride suddenly stopped. “Everyone was stuck in the ride for one to two hours … but the screaming was so loud – I think everyone must have been really scared,” she said. “The ride went up like normal, then there were screams, then it stopped and stayed that way for ages.” Those on the Rebel Coaster when it stopped were reportedly stuck on the ride for over an hour. Witnesses were moved away from the ride, which has been shut down, and the area was cordoned off. Image: 7News

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Screaming onlookers stop Easter Show ride

A children’s ride at the Sydney Royal Easter Show has been shut down shortly after photos emerged of a child “unrestrained” on the ‘Free Fall’. On Sunday, a photo was taken by a bystander and posted online of children on the “thrill seeker” ride. They all appeared to be secured by a harness, except for a four-year-old boy sitting on the right side of the ride. His harness wasn’t secured and he was unrestrained. The boy’s mother said the ride was about to be launched before onlookers yelled to alert staff of the danger. “The (operator) girl stopped the ride but didn’t get out of her booth so another father ended up getting him to climb down to him,” Sky Boustani Curtis told the Daily Telegraph. “Myself and my husband were not tall enough to reach him. “It’s hard to tell how he is doing as he has autism. “He’s 4yrs old. They simply did not pull his harness down didn’t check him.” Another witness said operators were unaware the child was unrestrained in the moments before the ride was to be launched. “They hit emergency stop but it seems like the operator couldn’t bring the ride down and the (someone) actually had to come up there and have his son jump into his arms,” Eva Levy told the Daily Telegraph. Image: Facebook

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I scream, you scream we all scream for ice-cream

Peters Ice Cream has been slapped with a massive $12 million fine after it was caught preventing competitors from selling their products at petrol stations and convenience stores. The Federal Court found that Peters, from November 2014 to December 2019, made a sketchy deal with their transport partner PFD Food Services to not sell competitor’s ice cream without prior consent. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), who prosecuted Peters in court, said the deal very clearly reduced competition and reduced options for consumers. “This is an important competition law case involving products enjoyed by many Australians,” ACCC Chair Gina Cass-Gottlieb said. “We took this action because we were concerned that Peters Ice Cream’s conduct could reduce competition in this market and impact on the choice of single-serve ice-creams available to consumers.” Other ice cream manufacturers who make Bulla, Gelativo and Pure Pops had approached PFD asking them to distribute their product. However, PFD said they were unable to distribute the ice creams due to its exclusive deal with Peters. "Peters Ice Cream admitted that if PFD had not been restricted from distributing other manufacturers' ice cream products, it was likely that one or more potential competitors would have entered or expanded in this market,” Ms Cass-Gottlieb continued. “This case is a reminder to all businesses of the serious and costly consequences of engaging in anti-competitive conduct. “The ACCC is targeting exclusive arrangements by firms with market power that impact competition as one of our compliance and enforcement priorities for 2022/23.” Peters Ice Cream was ordered to establish a compliance program for three years and pay a contribution to the ACCC’s legal costs. Image: Instagram

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Family left devastated after toddler’s heartbreaking diagnosis: “He was screaming in pain”

A heartbroken mum from the Central Coast of NSW heartbreakingly revealed she never expected her 18-month-old son’s usual afternoon nap to turn into something so sinister. Sarah Fryc said that when she woke her son, Eden, up, after a long day of playing with his diggers and dinosaurs, he could no longer walk. “He was screaming in pain. It came out of nowhere,” she told to <a href="https://www.essentialbaby.com.au/toddler/toddler-health/he-woke-up-and-couldnt-walk-family-shattered-after-toddlers-diagnosis-20210426-h1vg4g?utm_source=nine&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=homepage">Essential Baby.</a> Sarah rushed Eden to her local GP, and what was thought to be a hip infection was revealed to be leukaemia. <img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840944/charles-spencer-3.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/49d6135100c04df0bbf79d570540d3a3" /> The toddler’s parents were shattered, with Sarah saying: "It felt like the world had closed in on me and I couldn't escape. Little Eden was rushed to the Sydney Children's Hospital that same night, where he would end up spending the next two months full-time, alongside his mum. Little Eden was rushed to Sydney Children’s Hospital, where he would spend his time for the next two months. Sarah says it was not only the toddler who suffered, but his big sister Charlotte, and dad Stephen. <img style="width: 500px; height: 281.25px;" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7840946/charles-spencer.jpg" alt="" data-udi="umb://media/d6a906fc71b54a419a41274f6b18e62d" /> "Treatment began straight away," Sarah said. "And it left him exhausted and often too sick to leave his bed. "It was really hard to see him stuck in hospital for weeks on end, constantly being poked and prodded. It's bittersweet as I knew he had no choice but to get used to it. “He is usually such an active and cheeky kid. No one wants to see their kid in pain and stressed." The family were eventually “torn in two” when Sarah and Eden were forced to relocate to Sydney so he could continue on with his chemotherapy treatment. However, Sarah and Stephen say their son, who is now three, has made remarkable strides. "Eden is so resilient,” Sarah admitted.

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Person of interest in William Tyrell case screams alibi at reporter

Tony Jones, a person of interest in the disappearance of William Tyrell, has screamed his alibi on camera after being confronted by a reporter on A Current Affair. Police have questioned Jones a number of times about William, who vanished from his foster grandmother’s house in Kendall, NSW, in 2014, when he was just three years old. No one has been charged over the disappearance. On A Current Affair tonight, a clip shows Jones becoming heated as reporter Steve Marshall asks him about his movements on the day William disappeared. “Were you in Kendall that day?” Marshall asks him. “Piss off idiot, I wasn’t even questioned on it ... Go away, I was not!” Jones replies. “Where I was on the day he disappeared was with my next door neighbour, getting her hot water system, you got your answers? Look I answered your questions mate, go away,” he yells. <img width="436" height="327" src="http://cdn.newsapi.com.au/image/v1/3ab77d5009dc37c7e4c4d889f791f226" alt="Tony Jones screams at ACA reporter Steve Marshall." style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/> When Jones says he “arrived home at lunchtime drunk”, Marshall asks him how he’d be able to confirm his alibi if he was drunk. “I just told you where I was, fool!” he yells back. Jones lived about 20 minutes away from Kendall in a town called Wauchope when William vanished on September 12, 2014. Jones was living with a relative Katrina at the time, who also appears on A Current Affair to speak about how they are now estranged. She says she had not heard Jones helping out a neighbour on the day of William’s disappearance. A white car belonging to the Jones’ family has been previously seized by police for forensic examination. But Jones denied using the Toyota car, claiming it was his ex-wife’s care and she never let him drive it. <img width="418" height="235" src="https://oversixtydev.blob.core.windows.net/media/7268158/http_2f2fprodstatic9netau2f_2fmedia2f20182f022f122f142f242f180212_aca_jones1_418x235.jpg" alt="Http _%2F%2Fprod .static 9.net .au %2F_%2Fmedia %2F2018%2F02%2F12%2F14%2F24%2F180212_ACA_JONES1" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/> Katrina says on the program that Jones use the car but “with her knowledge? Definitely no”. It’s been almost four years since William’s disappearance. Police have followed a number of leads but have never charged anyone. The NSW government has offered a $1 million reward for any information that will lead to the recovery of William. Anybody with information is urged to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000.

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"People screaming" – plane scarily hangs on edge of cliff

A plane with 162 passengers on board has skidded off a runway just metres away from toppling over a cliff into the sea as it landed at an airport in northern Turkey. The Pegasus Airlines flight took off smoothly from Turkish capital Ankara but as it landed in Trabzont the plane skidded off the runway. No one was injured or killed in the landing. Dramatic images from CNN Turk broadcaster show the plane precariously hanging off a cliff several metres from the Black Sea. <img width="476" height="263" src="https://s.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/6SYfKoB5XHd.xCQ5yaC2JA--~D/cm90YXRlPWF1dG87dz05NjA7YXBwaWQ9eXZpZGVv/https://s.yimg.com/cv/ae/default/180114/turkeyplane2.jpg" class="article-figure-image" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/> Pegasus Airlines confirmed in a statement on Sunday there were no injuries and the 162 passengers as well as two pilots and four cabin crew were evacuated safely. An investigation is under way to find the cause of the incident, the Trabzon governor’s office said. <img width="482" height="266" src="https://s.yimg.com/iu/api/res/1.2/tMQUCPX36rGaKDr.fQWLXQ--~D/cm90YXRlPWF1dG87dz05NjA7YXBwaWQ9eXZpZGVv/https://s.yimg.com/cv/ae/default/180114/turkeyplane3.jpg" class="article-figure-image" style="display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"/> Fatma Gordu, one of the passengers on board, described the panic on-board during the landing. “We tilted to the side, the front was down while the plane’s rear was up. There was panic; people shouting, screaming,” she told state-run news agency Anadolu. “When they told us to leave from the rear exit, everyone tried to push ahead of everyone else. It was a terrible situation.” <blockquote class="twitter-tweet"> Pegasus Airlines skidded out of the runway at Trabzon Airport. New photos in daylight shows Boeing 737 next to the sea. Photos from different Turkish media. <a href="https://t.co/KB4hAZiIE9">pic.twitter.com/KB4hAZiIE9</a> — Turkish Air News (@AnalystTK) <a href="https://twitter.com/AnalystTK/status/952450620627222528?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2018</a></blockquote> She said the passengers could smell fuel and feared that a fire would break out. “That is why we were scared,” she said, adding that there were pregnant women and children on board. The airport was temporarily shut before reopening on Sunday.

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How to deal with screaming children on a plane

Take a deep breath. It’s going to be a long flight. Ask to be moved to another seat If the child is right next to you, politely ask the flight attendant if there are any spare seats elsewhere in the plane. That won’t fix the problem entirely, but a little distance is always a good thing. If they say no, don’t argue with them. Block out the noise This is where your earplugs or headphones come in. If you travel frequently, a good quality pair of noise cancelling headphones can be a lifesaver. Put them on and either try to get to sleep or find yourself an engrossing movie. Speak to the parents There’s not much you can do about a screaming baby, but older children are (somewhat) easier to control. If toddlers are the ones making the noise, or kicking your seat and being generally disruptive, politely but firmly ask the parents to intervene. Sometimes parents become so use to the general hollering that they don’t even notice. Speak to the child If the child is old enough to understand, you can also politely ask them to keep it down. It’s amazing how children will listen to the words of a stranger while they have been happy to ignore their parents. The caveat here is that you can’t be angry or in any way threatening. You don’t want to start a fight with the family. Offer to help People can get very touchy when a stranger tries to intervene in their parenting, so you’ll need to proceed with caution. However, if you can see they look completely exhausted or it’s a solo parent struggling with multiple children, this could be the time to gently offer some assistance. It can be as simple as watching the kids while they go to the bathroom in peace or, if you’re feeling very generous, talking the little one for a walk up and down the aisle.

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You won’t believe what deer sound like when they scream

Maybe it’s just that we haven’t been around deer that much but we were surprised by the bizarre sounds coming out of this little guy. Tell us, is that sinister screaming normal? Related links: <a href="/news/news/2015/07/humpback-whale-sydney/">Humpback jumps out of water and entertains onlookers in Sydney</a> <a href="/news/news/2015/07/hilarious-obituary/">Children write hilarious obituary for their mother</a> <a href="/news/news/2015/07/nasa-finds-habitable-planet/">Has NASA discovered a second “Earth”?</a>

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‘Screaming, chanting, struggling teenagers’: the enduring legacy of the Beatles tour of Australia, 60 years on

Attention plant killers: new research shows your plants could be silently screaming at you

“The screaming was so loud”: Young woman struck by roller coaster

Screaming onlookers stop Easter Show ride

I scream, you scream we all scream for ice-cream

Family left devastated after toddler’s heartbreaking diagnosis: “He was screaming in pain”

Person of interest in William Tyrell case screams alibi at reporter

"People screaming" – plane scarily hangs on edge of cliff

How to deal with screaming children on a plane

You won’t believe what deer sound like when they scream

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