An icicle is not living because it doesn't need energy and it can't reproduce. ... Clocks are not living because they don't reproduce or eliminate waste. They need energy(batteries) but that is only one thing off of the list. Instead of cells, they are made out of metal, plastic, and wood.

Does an icicle reproduce?

While the theory reproduced the long pointy shape, there were features it could not reproduce, including ripples. All icicles found in “the wild” have rippled surfaces, with the distance between each wavy ripple averaging about a centimetre or so.

Are icicles living things?

It is pretty clear to most people, even very small children, that icicles are not alive. They are cold to the touch; they don't move, except to drip or to fall to the ground when they break; they don't reproduce.