How old do ponies live to be?

[I am Roseluck 13]

Also, notice how Nightmare Moon say: "Have you forgotten me after all these years?" And that story happened 1000 years ago. She might mean something else, but still...

[Dr Whooves 16]

I'm currently reaching my 900's.

[Finesthour 7,284]

I'm currently reaching my 900's.

 

How did that happen?

[Finesthour 7,284]

Guys they are ponies. Let's not think of them as being able to die. It is depressing.

[Dr Whooves 16]

With my good friend Tardis here.

[I am Roseluck 13]

Pretty sure they're immortal. Be too traumatising for the target audience.

[LyraHeartstrings 479]

Those are Bon bon's parents and she is at home making sweets!

 

And granny smith? I think once you reach a certain age, you're so old that you just stop getting older, and stay like that until (sorry finest hour) you die...

[Rainkyou 5]

It's a children's show, of course they're immortal! The hub wouldn't want the kiddies to see the characters die now...

[Lady Rarity Pony 4,892]

Ponies only die when they see the sex related YouTube comments about them :L

[Fghik 360]

42! 42!

 

 

...I don't think it works for this situation.

[Lupus 127]

Obviously they can die or all the near-death escapes wouldn't mean anything.

 

Regarding Granny Smith, clearly in The Cutie Mark Chronicles she is a lot more spry than now, as young Applejack muses that she and Big Mac would be applebucking their way through the red delicious, which you can't imagine the Granny Smith of today being able to do

 

They probably just don't age much noticeable from young adult to late middle age, until old age sets in.

[Lupus 127]

80 would work, looking at the generational gaps, assuming the cutie mark comes around 12 or so, and the Mane Six are 20-24 ish. There are then the older grown up ponies, then the old as in Granny Smith. I reckon here's not much physical change from being a young adult to being in late middle age, and only in real old age do they begin to get decrepit.

 

Is it the same for all makes of pony? Obviously its not for the alicorns, but maybe the unicorns live longer than earth ponies too?

[Mr. Wobbels 664]

Luna and Celestia must've had parents once in their lifespans, otherwise how would they be where they are now? Unless they were "born" by some other means, but they must still have had somepony to take care of them whne they were young.

 

As for regular ponies, since Granny Smith was rather old when AJ was still a young filly, they must have a lifespan slightly longer than the one of humans.

 

Is this some kind of Celestian religion stuff? I don't believe in anything like that. lol

Edited January 23, 2012 by AKAMrWobbels

[Eenohay 318]

Of course they are mortal, but cartoons are known to have an incredible resistance to everything, from falling kilometers, to having anvils and pianos dropped in their heads, to surving having a bomb explode in their faces, or being completely burnt.

 

I still don't get how the hell will Rainbow Dash manage to get injured in the episode when she starts reading.

 

But yeah, they must die of old age, otherwise the ancient ponies we have seen in some episodes would still be around

[Nordica 179]

Everypony can't be immortals. How would the world have enough space if the population kept growing, but no one died? The moon would eventually get crowded too...

 

 

Anyway, it's a show targeted for little kids. The ponies may not live forever, but of course they won't let them age as long as the show runs.

Edited January 23, 2012 by Nordica

[ScottishUnicorn 284]

Granny Smith is like a bazillion years old, so I'd say pretty old.

[Shankveld 4,945]

Ponies clearly die

Where are granny smith's parents? etc etc ~

 

as to how old they live and such, I'm not sure

the average pony lives 25-30 years,

so you be the judge ~

[Queen Cassie 3,057]

Far too much of the series is set up to rely on long-lived ponies for their lifespans to be shorter than human lifespans, so they live at least human-length lifespans.

 

I've heard arguments in favor of super long lived ponies, such as Granny Smith being 300 years old or more, but while I suppose I could see that working, I'm not about to assume it without more evidence.

 

So yes, human length-lifespans are what I assume until we get some definite proof otherwise.

[cuteycindyhoney 13,283]

 

 

 

Edited January 23, 2012 by cuteycindyhoney

[Ninja Derpy 343]

I am going with about 200 years old.

[Wonka 39]

I would have to say that the ponies live as long as humans do, if not longer.

For the alicorns...

[Big Bill Hell 123]

Earth Ponies have the life span of Dwarves. Unicorns have the life span of Elves. Pegasi have the life span of men.

[DJ MUFF1N D3RP 322]

I don't know for sure, but if Granny Smith is anything to go by, she was about the same age as the Mane 6 are now when she helped her family start what would become Ponyville. That was at least 100 years before the start of the series, so we know that it is at least somewhere in the hundreds for earth ponies. Edited January 28, 2012 by super muffin derpy506

[Luurilka 325]

Well, considering that the show said that Ponyville is hundreds of years old, and Grannysmith was a filly when Ponyville was founded, Grannysmith is over 200 years old. So, if Granny smith is the equivalent of a hundred year old person in terms of physical condition, and Grannysmith is 200 years old, then ponies live twice as long as people. As for people saying that Celestia and Luna are immortal, I don't see any basis for that. Sure they must have be able to live for thousands of years, but forever? Forever is an awful long time.

[ShadowBean 318]

Luna and celstias's parents