My favorite (sarcasm) recent instance of mammal bias was when I took my IACUC training (for safety and wellbeing of lab animals) and there were 5 different tiers ranking mammals and their importance, and then lumped together was "birds reptiles amphibians" and then invertebrates and then single-celled organisms.
I HATE IACUC SO MUCH FOR THIS EXACT REASON
did you know their protections are for "warm blooded animals except birds"?
like
JUST SAY MAMMALS IF YOU MEAN MAMMALS
IACUC ignore invertebrates completely, which is criminal, and would be even if octopi weren't so smart (there are processes in the works to try to get octopi protection to be a thing)
its horrifying
I hate IACUC
I hate IACUC
I hate IACUC
GAH
















