They really are cute. The best time to find one is when it is dusky or cloudy in a heavy wooded area. You will hear them poking around in the leaves looking for grubs. Stay still because they have poor eyesight, but great hearing and sense of smell. It is possible to have one come within a few feet of you if upwind.
As a kid, we would try to catch 'em. You can get hold of the body, but once they get their claws into a burrow, you cannot overpower them. Soon they will win the tug of war and scoot down their hole.
I saw a pen of them at Six Flags during a Texas Festival. The handler said that the little critters were very personable and each one is different. One of them came up to him like a puppy and begged to be cuddled. Very interesting.
"Armadillos are often used in the study of leprosy, since they, along with mangabey monkeys, rabbits and mice (on their footpads), are among the few known non-human animal species that can contract the disease systemically. They are particularly susceptible due to their unusually low body temperature, which is hospitable to the leprosy bacterium. Wild armadillos can carry leprosy, but transmission to humans is rare."
Those dang things have some nasty looking teeth....