I don’t know about ricochet risks, but I have vague memories of reading some years ago that the animals are carriers of leprosy, and quite capable of transmitting the disease to people who handle or eat them.
When younger we used to catch several them and have Armadillo Races. Disclaimer: No armadillos were harmed in these races, only inconvenienced
Them little f*ckers can jump about 3’ into the air if you sneak up on them and startle them. When they do, it makes you jump almost as high, even when you are expecting it!
he immediately curls up into a little ball instead of running out of the rings fouling up the entire race and making the entire event a higgledy-piggledy mess