The scutes, around 2,000 of them, once formed the shell of a huge animal called the glyptodont.

雕齿兽这种大型动物的外壳上就曾经有着2000片左右的骨鳞。

Like the glyptodont, they are covered in a layer of bony scutes.

和雕齿兽一样，犰狳的身上也覆盖着一层骨鳞。

The glyptodont is dead, but the jaguar still goes hungry.

雕齿兽死了，但是美洲虎仍然饥饿难耐。

The glyptodont is short-sighted and wary, but it has little to fear from llamas.

雕齿兽目光短浅并十分机警，但是美洲驼对于它来说也并无可怕之处。

The die-off in South America included giant ground sloths and armadillo-like animals the size of cars known as glyptodonts.

南美洲灭亡的动物包括大型地懒和一种犰狳科动物，足足有汽车大小的雕齿兽。

For example, some glyptodonts had clubs.

例如，一些雕齿兽有棍棒。