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The hunting for chasmfiends to gain gemhearts will harm [[Roshar]]'s ecology in the long run.{{17swob ref|post|422211204|When was the last pupation of a Chasmfiend?|date=26 September 2012}} The extinction or near-extinction of a Greatshell species due to excessive hunting has happened before, as in the case of the [[lanceryn]]. In the case of the chasmfiends, the sudden drop in the number of juveniles that reach maturity, due to the hunting of chrysalises, have led to fewer chrysalises appearing over time. This is because the chrysalises are being hunted almost at a faster rate than the chasmfiend population could recover from given their slow growth and slow reproduction rate.{{book ref|sa2|49}}