>>10311331update for anyone curious:
I tried the "apply percussive maintenance to the shoulder until the body cracks open" method, but I couldn't crack open the body
....but it worked. I'm guessing wacking it with a hammer realigned the gears or broke up whatever gunk was clogging them, but he's lashing his tongue like it's 1985
[spoiler:lit]I still think he looks more like a frog than a snake[/spoiler:lit]