'snicker' im tempted to do another alien..you know on star trek next generation they even ran across an alien species that lived in space. so ic an see other types being able to dot hat. t hey'd probably die on a planet but still.
and on star trek voyager there was ahuge worm like alien that lived in space, was slightly telepathic and owuld show peopel of a starship what they where desperate to see and eat the ship, digesting it.