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Can a Snake Become Kosher?

Letters and Numbers of Torah—Shemini

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Can a Snake Become Kosher?: Letters and Numbers of Torah—Shemini

In the verse (Leviticus 11:42) that prohibits the eating of creatures that slither on their bellies, the Hebrew word for belly (gachon) is spelled with a large-sized letter vav. How does this allude to our inner struggle against the evil inclination, which is likened to a snake?
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