Good point FtB, however I do not think it strictly applies to 'animals' like Huan who had they stayed in Valinor, would have been Immortal, and perhaps had he not had a special doom, would still have been so.
But I think you sre correct in postulationg a basic entropic force in M-E that wears everything down to a greater or lesser extent after a period of early growth.
The Dunedain, Elves, The Ents etc, either inidvidually or collectively they suffer the effects of living in a fallen and 'marred' world.
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The dwindling Men of the West would often sit up late into the night exchanging lore & wisdom such as they still possessed that they should not fall back into the mean estate of those who never knew or indeed rebelled against the Light.
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