educational resources (eg museums) about prehistory as well as about modern creatures and ecology suffer greatly from forced hyper-masculinization of a few select creatures. this forces the “masculine” apex predators or otherwise “most dominant-est” animals into a narrow range of discussion (how STRONG were they, how much could they KILL) and ignores any available evidence that might conceivably seem “feminine” (eg, t. rex very possibly had feathers). similarly prehistoric creatures will sometimes disappear from frequent coverage when they are learned to be herbivorous (eg gastornis.) meanwhile all other non-apex animals, past and present, are hardly focused on at all, diminishing the communication of knowledge about their great ecological importance. in this essay I will