Typically it is rare for an armadillo to bite. These creatures have no enamel (hard outer covering of the tooth). They also have very few teeth. Rather, they have just a few peg shaped molars in the back of their mouths. Since they primarily feast upon insects, they are not required to do a lot of chewing, and making big strong teeth would be a waste of energy.
Armadillos have lost all of their molars over time and their teeth as mentioned before, remain peg shaped. They lack incisors and canine teeth as their diets consist of bugs, soft plants and decaying meat, they are not required to shred or tear meat. Therefore they do not pack a very hard bite, and in most cases if an armadillo were to bite a human it would not be very painful unless you have a very low pain tolerance.
When feeling threatened, rather than biting these creatures would be more likely to jump in the air to try and startle their predator and then try and sneak away as quickly as possible by running or digging itself away to freedom. They are very good at burrowing when in danger, and they have also been known to play dead to try and get predators to ignore them.
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