i love animals.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Armadillos are New World placental mammals in the order Cingulata with a leathery armour shell. The Chlamyphoridae and Dasypodidae are the only surviving families in the order, which is part of the superorder Xenarthra, along with the anteaters and sloths. The word \"armadillo\" means \"little armoured one\" in Spanish. The Aztecs called them \"\u0101y\u014dt\u014dchtli\" , Nahuatl for \"turtle-rabbit\": \"\u0101y\u014dtl\" (turtle) and \"t\u014dchtli\" (rabbit). The Portuguese word for \"armadillo\" is \"tatu\" which derives from the Tupi language. Similar names are also found in other, especially European, languages. About nine extant genera and 21 extant species of armadillo have been described, some of which are distinguished by the number of bands on their armour. Their average length is about , including tail. The giant armadillo grows up to and weighs up to , while the pink fairy armadillo is a diminutive species, with an overall length of . All species are native to the Americas, where they inhabit a variety of different environments. Recent genetic research suggests that an extinct group of giant armoured mammals, the glyptodonts, should be included within the lineage of armadillos, having diverged some 35 million years ago, much more recently than previously assumed.\n"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Hi! I like animals, but armadillos creep me out"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Armadillo means \"little armoured one\" in spanish.  Not that the armor helps them against being hit by cars, which is very frequent around here"}, {"role": "user", "content": "That's interesting. Do you know what their armor does protect against?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Mostly their armour most likely protects against bug bites, snake bites, and wasp stings."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That makes sense. They kind of look like anteaters with armor on. I think that their primary diet is insects"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I suppose that is why their leathery armor shell protects against insect bites.  Any insect that tries becomes a free meal"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Haha! Perfect. Do they live in isolation or like packs? Do you know?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I imagine they live alone.  They are related too anteaters and sloths, and they live alone"}]