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": "I have armadillos in my yard at night, makes the dogs bark like crazy, ever seen one?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, those little creatures with leather-like armored shells are creepy!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "They are a nuisance but Armadillos are often used in the study of leprosy"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, I heard that. They are actually only native to America!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "They are particularly susceptible due to their unusually low body temperature, which is hospitable to the leprosy bacterium"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I know there is a giant and fairy armadillo, which very a large amount in size."}, {"role": "user", "content": "Given that armadillos are native to the New World, at some point they must have acquired the disease from old-world humans"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Yes, I would think so. I know the Aztecs called them a name for turtle-rabbit. It was ayotochtli."}]