Talk:Spike/@comment-67.87.61.139-20120429235605/@comment-69.120.139.138-20120505145425

Assuming that a year in the show spans the same amount of time as a year in real life, it must have been around ten years since Twilight was taken on as Princess Celestia's apprentice. Spike behaves like a human 10-year-old boy, which makes sense because he has seen and experienced as much. But he is still an infant dragon. That must mean that a dragon's lifespan is an order of magniture longer than that of a pony. Greed is then an additional factor in the aging process.