Weird Frog

A front-page Times article about efforts by scientists to revive extinct species refers to "a weird frog, the Southern gastric brooding frog, that went extinct about a quarter century ago." The article doesn't explain what is weird about the frog. Frogs probably think New York Times reporters are weird, and if you are a Southern gastric brooding frog, you probably think other kinds of frogs are weird. This is another example of the Times not just reporting the news but instructing readers about how we are supposed to feel about it. Weird.