Armadillos seem really cool, do you know much about them?
Sure, the are New World placental mammals with a leathery armour shell. I see them all the time where I live.
Wow that's so cool, what is their native location?
They are native to the Americas. The word "armadillo" means "little armoured one" in Spanish!
Oh that makes sense. Do you know how big they are roughly?
They are roughly 2 feet in length and 1 feet wide. The Portuguese word for them is "tatu" which derives from the Tupi language.
Wow that's interesting, never heard of the Tupi language, can you tell me more about it?
Tupi language
Old Tupi or classical Tupi is an extinct Tupian language which was spoken by the native Tupi people of Brazil, mostly those who inhabited coastal regions in South and Southeast Brazil. It belongs to the Tupi–Guarani language family, and has a written history spanning the 16th, 17th, and early 18th centuries. In the early colonial period, Tupi was used as a "lingua franca" throughout Brazil by Europeans and Amerindians, and had literary usage, but it was later suppressed almost to extinction, leaving only
Armadillo
Armadillos (from Spanish "little armoured one") are New World placental mammals in the order Cingulata. 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. Nine extinct genera and 21 extant species of armadillo have been described, some of which are distinguished by the number of bands on their armour. All species are native to the Americas, where they inhabit a variety of different environments. 
Armadillos are characterized by a