0_Apprentice
I love animals.
1_Wizard
My too. Especially armadillos. It means little armoured one in Spanish. 
0_Apprentice
Yes they are so cute and odd looking.
1_Wizard
Yes, they are. All species of armadillos are native to the Americas. 
0_Apprentice
Why do they have the hard shell?
1_Wizard
More then likely because they are a decedent of an extinct group of mammals, know as glyptodants. 
0_Apprentice
When was that around?
1_Wizard
The linage of armadillos go back some 35 million years! 
0_Apprentice
Oh wow! That is a long time. What else can you tell me?
1_Wizard
There are 2 common types of armadillos, the 6 banded and the 9 banded. The 6 banded armadillos are good diggers and live in burrows under the ground. 