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Since Damian wanted me to make a thread in this section I had to think of something and this was the first good thing I could think of.

What do you think the Pokemon's life spans are like?

It's already been shown that some Pokemoncan live for hundreds of years. Like the giant Alakazam, Gengar, and Jigglypuff from Pokemopolis, the Gastly and Haunter from that (no longer) sunken ship in the Orange Islands, the Ninetales that thought Brock was its owner, and the sleeping "extinct" Pokemon in Grandfather's Canyon and that one island in the Orange Islands.
 
That's true. However, on the other hand, pokémon are not immortal (as demonstrated QUITE clealry in the game; see Lavender Tower.

Moreover, the long-living pokémon tend to be special in nature : fossils-esque pokémon that had been hibernating for centuries, giant pokémon trapped in objects of which the exact nature is not known to us (though similar to pokéballs) for Pokémopolis, and well, I don't know about the Ninetales.

It wouldn't seem to be the norm...
 
Well obviously it would differ with each Pokemon. And I know they're not immortal.

As for the Ninetales, it had been alive for for over a hundred years (can't remember exactly how old) and IIRC the Pokedex said something about that which means it's had to have happened before so apparently at least some Ninetales can live for quite a long time.
 
That's quite likely. Or are the legendaries immortal? After all as per the games they cannot reproduce (though the anime disagree, at least in Lugia's case). But there is evidence for multiple Articunos in the anime, and same for most other legendaries.
 
It wouldn't make sense if they couldn't reproduce.
 
If they're the last of their species it would. Maybe this is the case with Mew, who has been cloned. However, another Mew has not been found.
 
But if that's teh case... why the heck did Mewtwo keep referring to Mew as if that was the one he came from? Dub stupidity?
 
You would think after the intense battles and training that trainers put pokemon through, they wouldn't last past 50. But when they're recalled into they're pokeballs I believe they sleep, resting and storing their energy. Thus, making them live longer. But in a way thats kind of a catch twenty-two because they need to be helped and restored at a Pokemon Center. So I have no idea...
 
My theory has always been that mews are immortal in the sense that they won't die from old age, but they can be killed. The same could go for other legendaries.
 
There was that surfing pikachu from way back in the day. It looked to be fairly young when it first appeared, and 20 years later it seemed to be on its way out. Or at least somewhat elderly.
 
I think Pokemon live about as long as humans do with some exception, if for no other reason besides the fact that it would really suck to outlive your pokemon by several years, and also to be as intelligent as a human and only live for 10-15 years, for that matter.
 
Turtles can outlive humans by hundreds of years. Heck, trees can live for thousands of years on our Earth. If Pokémon are a more advanced race than our Earth animals, then it stands to reason that they'd live longer, whether or not they battled frequently.

I'd suggest that some of the lifespans of Pokémon are as follows:
Bug Types: shortest lifespan, 5-10 years
Flying Types: 10-15 years
Water Types: 20-30 years
Fire Types: 20-30 years
Grass Types: 15-20 years (depending on size as well)
Ground Types: 10-20 years
Hybrids (more than one type): 25-50 years
Legendaries: 1000+ years, at least
 
Steelix' pokedex entry mentions that Onix evolves into steelix when its body is compressed for over a hundred years. I'm guessing that rock types can live for a quite a long period of time. Maybe even on a geological time scale.
 
The only reason I believe legendary Pokemon can not breed in the Gameboy games is for the simple fact that Nintendo does not want you to go trading off all of these legendaries to your friends. They want you to go to their events and get them yourself so that they get more people. You get what I mean. :) The Anime is a good representation of what the Pokemon world would truly be like if it were real, and I think the whole Lugia baby thing, while it was kind of weird that there was more than one of this species (since I always thought that there was only one Lugia and Ho-oh), the breeding thing wasn't too farfetch'd for it being a legendary.
 
Ghosts are probably eternal; or at least they last a long time (CF Ghost Ship OI episode). Rock-types are also probably very long-lasting.
 
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