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": "assistant", "content": "Have you ever seen an armadillo? They are mammals that have leathery armour shells?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Oh yeah those invasive things are all over the place where I live!"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Sounds about right. All armadillo species inhabit all types of environments all over the Americas."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Where did they originally come from?  I know they're invasive, I just don't know from where?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Armadillos are native to the Americas. That is why there are 21 different species. Some have a different amount of bands on their shell. That is how you can tell them apart."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Wow that many different species. So when I see one squished on the side of the road, I should count bands to see which species it is?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Haha yea, possibly. Some people find armadillos kind of cute. The Aztecs used to call them \"turtle-rabbit\"."}, {"role": "user", "content": "I guess they kind of do look like a cross between those.  Are armadillos kept as pets?"}]