system
Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
human
[Indiana Jones: Raiders of the Lost Ark] How did the pit of snakes survive when they were sealed off for 100’s to 1000’s of years?

This Dr. Jones person tells some tall tales - aliens, surviving an atomic bomb, among others. When he found the “Ark of the Covenant” (yeah right), he said he feel into this big area (some kind of sealed off temple or pyramid) that had thousands of snakes. I don’t think I really believe anything this crazy guy says, but at least I can argue this one with science. 


Even if there was kind of water source down there, how would “thousands” of snakes survive for 100’s to 1000’s of years in a sealed off place? I imagine the snakes would eat each other, but without any other animals to prey on, wouldn’t they die off pretty quick? I imagine snake babies would be ideal food for other snakes who would be presumably constantly starving.
gpt
It's highly unlikely the snakes were sealed into the temple.  More likely they traveled in through an air vent or crack into the ruins to mate.  The nest was just a large pile of breeding snakes that followed a female into the ruin and either couldn't escape afterwards or were mid rut when Indiana found them.