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{{image|Chull Life Cycle.jpeg|A depiction of the five stages of life for a chull: Larva (chull cremling), first Pupation, Adult, second Pupation, and Senescence.|side=left|width=250px}}
Chulls are massive crustaceans with thick legs with large claws and a stone-like shell. Their carapaces are typically red.{{book ref|WoK|4}} Chulls have whip-like antennae that grow in pace with their shell as they age, so that the chull can sense out spaces to determine if they're large enough to pass through,{{wob ref|14936}} and beady fist-size black eyes.{{book ref|WoK|28}}
They are known to excrete undigested matter as feces, colloquially referred to as "chull dung."{{book ref|sa1|23}}
=== Shell ===
Chull shells are a light, porous stone created from minerals and [[crem]] the chull consumes in its food and water and then excretes through channels in the back and legs, particularly rock and crem.{{url ref|url=http://inkthinker.deviantart.com/art/The-Way-of-Kings-Chulls-179074546|text=Inkthinker's comments on the Chull page from Shallan's Sketchbook|site=Deviant Art}}{{wob ref|15379}}
Since the shell is not alive, chulls are not hurt when their shells are cracked, shaped, or smoothed.{{book ref|sa2|i|3}}
Their shell naturally grows in clusters of Fibonacci spirals, comparable to [[wikipedia:Romanesco broccoli|Romanesco broccoli]]. This creates spaces for various plants to take root and cremlings to find homes, allowing for the creation of complex symbiotic ecosystems to form on the backs of wild chulls.{{file ref|Chull.jpg|Shallan's Sketchbook: Chulls}}{{wob ref|16609}} The smooth shells of domestic chulls are due to domestic care, with owners sanding down and shaping the shell for whatever purpose they are needed for, be it practical or decorative.{{wob ref|16609}}
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