The cartoon "Evil con Carne" features an archvillain who is a disembodied brain, in a jar, mounted atop the head of a bear.
As for the LA of a BiaJ, when did +4 Dex, +6 Int, +2 Wis, +6 Cha become worth no more than +1 LA?
'Cause, it wasn't when it bore on the discussion of another race's...