diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml
index 32bea0c94a..3f691ea378 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml
@@ -1232,13 +1232,10 @@
     states:
       Alive:
         Base: snake
-  - type: Appearance
-    visuals:
-    - type: RotationVisualizer
-# It's death animation is animated so hopefully this should push for separation between "dying" and "death" states.
-     # looks stupid, Rotation visualizer for now
-     # dead: dead
-     # crit: dead
+      Critical:
+        Base: dead
+      Dead:
+        Base: dead
   - type: Butcherable
     spawned:
     - id: FoodMeat
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/snake.rsi/dead.png b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/snake.rsi/dead.png
index 62df7fb2c7..e03fc2d566 100644
Binary files a/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/snake.rsi/dead.png and b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/snake.rsi/dead.png differ
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/snake.rsi/meta.json b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/snake.rsi/meta.json
index 68eeda00ef..a1f4be20cc 100644
--- a/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/snake.rsi/meta.json
+++ b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/snake.rsi/meta.json
@@ -49,12 +49,7 @@
       "name": "dead",
       "delays": [
         [
-          0.2,
-          0.03,
-          0.03,
-          0.03,
-          0.03,
-          0.03
+          0.2
         ]
       ]
     }