And so we’ve come to the inevitable riddle of passage awaiting earnest champions of science in quest of Truth, if not linguistic clarity! (Seriously, have you ever heard a paleontologist long-windedly describe the intricacies of the tympanic part of the temporal bone?) Now, all aboard and take a deep breath, as we prepare to submerge in a vast, tempestuous ocean; that is, Darwin's rabbit hole. Within its murky depths, purported transitional fossils abound and wax vindication of random whale evolution… But, is this narrative the slam dunk it's cracked up to be? Let's find out!