"The crack of a whip comes from a loop traveling along the whip, gaining speed until it reaches the speed of sound and creates a sonic boom," Professor Goriely of the University of Arizona ...

For decades, scientists have debated whether these dinosaurs could whip their tails faster than the speed of sound, creating a sonic boom. The sound of a cracking whip is actually a sonic boom.

Holding a bullwhip, Evan Fava explains how a whip makes the cracking sound. Shot at the Kangaroo Whips workshop in Willow Street, Pennsylvania on Saturday, Sept 25, 2021.

For decades, scientists have debated whether these dinosaurs could whip their tails faster than the speed of sound, creating a sonic boom. The sound of a cracking whip is actually a sonic boom.