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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, chulls are not hurt when their shells are cracked, shaped, or smoothed.
Since the shell is not alive, chulls are not hurt when their shells are cracked, shaped, or smoothed. Their shell naturally grows in clusters of Fibonacci spirals, comparable to 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}}{{cite}} 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.{{cite}}▼
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The shell of a Chull is not only used for protection, but also as a means of camouflage.{{book ref|sa1|23}}{{cite}}
The [[Reshi]], and likely others, paint their chulls' shells. One can identify what island a Reshi chull handler is from by the colors and patterns on their chulls' shells.{{book ref|WoK|28}}
=== Reproduction ===
They reproduce in a similar manner to [[chasmfiend]]s,{{wob ref|762}} and are known to, in some manner, produce eggs.{{book ref|sa3|68}}
=== Life Cycle ===
Chulls begin life as an egg,{{book ref|sa3|68}} which eventually hatches into larvae known as a '''chull cremling''' before eventually undergoing a process known as the '''First Pupation''', in which they surround themselves with a shell and metamorphize into an adult
Their '''Second Pupation''' has some correlation with [[highstorm]]s, and one can help prevent it by keeping a chull sheltered during highstorms. Second Pupation can also be delayed by feeding a chull crushed [[shelltick]] and mixing [[shalebark]] oil into their water.{{file ref|Chull Life Cycle.jpeg|The Life Cycle of a Chull}}
Chulls are considered less intelligent than horses{{book ref|sa3|10}} and in some cases, stubborn.{{book ref|sa3|18}}
=== Diet ===
Chulls are omnivorous creatures with a varied diet. They eat everything from [[rockbud]]s to slugs to smaller crustaceans.{{book ref|WoK|4}}{{book ref|sa1|33}}{{wob ref|15379}} Domestic chulls are often fed lavis grain.{{book ref|WoK|2}}
== Training ==
Chull meat is edible. It can be dried and stored as jerky.{{book ref|WoR|70}} In some cultures, including [[Herdazian]] and [[Unkalaki]], chull head is considered a delicacy.{{book ref|WoR|12}}
During the [[War of Reckoning]], [[Dalinar Kholin]]
== Cultural References ==
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