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The answer depends on a number of factors. Are you lowered in slowly or dumped? Is the pit actually full (as in, bottom completely covered with critters) or not? And, finally, of course, what kind of snake or spider, exactly?
As a general rule, snakes will not bite anything they can't eat except in immediate self-defense. That means, so long as you don't actually land on a snake when you're put in the pit, and provided you resist panic, the snakes will leave you alone and keep their distance as much as possible. Spiders, on the other hand, tend to be less intelligent- they'll bite anything moving, or even anything WARM, just on the possibility that it might be prey.
That said, there are only a handful of truly dangerous spider species- but spider bites can get infected and gangrenous, even more so than snake bites. Even if your spider pit contains no Australian spiders, no recluses, and no black widows, if left in there long enough the ordinary annoying bites could still get you. There are more varieties of venomous snake, but they're still in the minority so far as snake species are concerned, so if the person making the pit hasn't been discriminating in his reptile round-up your odds are still good.
On the whole, I'd rather take my chances with the snakes. The odds of actually getting bit are less, and if the bite does happen, odds are it'll be over sooner with the snakes than with the spiders. Besides... vertebrate solidarity, yo.
The answer depends on a number of factors. Are you lowered in slowly or dumped? Is the pit actually full (as in, bottom completely covered with critters) or not? And, finally, of course, what kind of snake or spider, exactly?
As a general rule, snakes will not bite anything they can't eat except in immediate self-defense. That means, so long as you don't actually land on a snake when you're put in the pit, and provided you resist panic, the snakes will leave you alone and keep their distance as much as possible. Spiders, on the other hand, tend to be less intelligent- they'll bite anything moving, or even anything WARM, just on the possibility that it might be prey.
That said, there are only a handful of truly dangerous spider species- but spider bites can get infected and gangrenous, even more so than snake bites. Even if your spider pit contains no Australian spiders, no recluses, and no black widows, if left in there long enough the ordinary annoying bites could still get you. There are more varieties of venomous snake, but they're still in the minority so far as snake species are concerned, so if the person making the pit hasn't been discriminating in his reptile round-up your odds are still good.
On the whole, I'd rather take my chances with the snakes. The odds of actually getting bit are less, and if the bite does happen, odds are it'll be over sooner with the snakes than with the spiders. Besides... vertebrate solidarity, yo.
