Thread:Eras of Arda Team/@comment-2601:981:C000:FAE1:D802:DFF0:83DE:82B3-20170809194602/@comment-31200097-20170811192302

Thindithron the Great wrote: No, a ten year lifespan makes more sense, because he was grown unnaturally by Melkor. I think we can say with some degree of certainty that Carcharoth was not a pup for about 65 years. No we can't say that with any signifigant degree of certainty. Why shouldn't it take him longer to mature than normal. We know nothing on the lifespans of many creatures in Tolkiens works. Unless Tolkien made notes stating his lifespan, we cannot make any assumptions about Carcharoth's aging.