IT'S A LOCK
'(<a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-02-06_DJ_19.jpg" target="_blank">Kelly of the Clue Crew picks a pick.</a>)  To open a lock without a key, specialists use many different styles of picks; because of its shape, <a href="http://www.j-archive.com/media/2009-02-06_DJ_19.jpg" target="_blank">this</a> one is known either has a rake or by this reptilian name'
a snake