Pokmon Lifespan | Bulbagarden

So what I would say is that Dragon, Fairy and Ghost types have the longest lifespan. Bug types would probably have the shortest lifespan on average. An exception for example would be Volcarona, who I think can get a lot older than most other Bug

In general, Psychic, Dark, Steel, Ground and Rock types can also have a long life span, but that also depends on the species. Grass types probably have the potential for a long life, but don't necessarily always have one

Egg groups can probably also be a helpful guidelines, like most things in the Dragon egg group probably have a very long lifespan, or the pokémon in the human-like egg group might have a relatively long lifespan (maybe not as long as a humans, but maybe at least half of it?)

I also think evolution might be able to prolong a pokémon's lifespan

and obviously Legendaries are excluded from this, not because I think they're all immortal, but because I think most of them have at least a pretty long lifespan, even if they don't have a typing that would support that (Ho-oh for example, which is Fire/Flying, two elements I think don't necessarily guarantee a long lifespan, but also based on the phoenix, which is reborn from its ash and all)

As for Vivillion's question, I guess pokémon like that could do either? Like, I imagine that it will show the wear and tear of old age at some point, but not randomly fall apart. They probably decompose differently a well (maybe certain Steel types just rust away?)

Oh and lastly, yes I think Ghost pokémon can die, as I don't think they're dead pokémon/people, as much as their beings with traits we attribute to ghosts (levitating, disappearing, lack of physical body) So I guess that when their time has come, they slowly cease to exist and disperse into nothingness? (though I think Ghost types generally get really old, so it doesn't happen that often/quickly)

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