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=== Shell ===
Chull shells are a light, porous stone created from minerals 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, and contains no known nerves, 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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