I heard that the black hole is just some black figure in the sky. Is it possible that it is a gigantic creature eating

Question: I heard that the black hole is just some black figure in the sky. Is it possible that it is a gigantic creature eating the planets really slowly?
- Keywords:
  black hole,
  gigantic,
  planet,
  sky
Asked by wentwardroyalchant to Mike, Pip, Tianfu, Tim, Tom on 28 Jun 2012.
- Tom Lister answered on 28 Jun 2012:
  
  You have to think first about what defines life. You could say that a black hole is alive, as it does many of the things necessary to sit within most peoples definitions of life.
- Tim Stephens answered on 28 Jun 2012:
  
  Deep.

Question: I heard that the black hole is just some black figure in the sky. Is it possible that it is a gigantic creature eating the planets really slowly?