Hello.  Are you familiar with armadillos?
I know that they are animals.  What do you know about them?
Armadillos are in the family of anteaters and sloths.  The name means "little armored one" in Spanish.
That is so interesting! Do they come in different colors?
They are usually gray in color but there is a species called the "pink fairy".
I know they have a hard outer shell, is that to protect against predators?
Yes.  Interestingly enough, they have been connected with the glyptodonts (extinct) with lineage from 35 million years ago!