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Bill Haast (December 30, 1910 – June 15, 2011 [1]) was the owner and operator, from 1947 until 1984, of the Miami Serpentarium, a tourist attraction south of Miami, Florida, where he entertained customers by performing live venom extraction from snakes. [2]
Bill Haast (1910–2011), founder of the Miami Serpentarium and pioneering snake venom collector; Julius von Haast (1822–1887), German geologist and explorer of New Zealand; several things in New Zealand are named for him: Haast's eagle, extinct species of giant eagle identified by Haast and eventually named for him
In the "Serpentarium" (named in honor of Bill Haast's famed Miami Serpentarium), a wide spectrum of animals are presented from African penguins to alligator snapping turtles, boa constrictor snakes to lemurs. Various other animal feedings, keeper talks and casual presentations occur throughout the park daily.
Houston Museum of Natural Science. This list of museums in Texas encompasses museums defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organizations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific, or historical interest and make their collections or related exhibits available for public viewing.
Bill Haast, owner and director of the Miami Serpentarium, injected himself with snake venom during most of his adult life, in an effort to build up an immunity to a broad array of venomous snakes, in a practice known as mithridatism. Haast lived to age 100, and survived a reported 172 snake bites.
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Bill Haast, 100, American snake expert, director of the Miami Serpentarium. [204] Zack du Plessis, 61, South African actor (Orkney Snork Nie). [205] Linda Scheid, 68, American politician, Minnesota state senator (since 1997), ovarian cancer. [206] Sir Apenera Short, 95, Cook Islands politician, Queen's Representative (1990–2000). [207]
Bill Haast: 1910–2011: 100: American director of the Miami Serpentarium [89] Viktor Hamburger: 1900–2001: 100: German professor and embryologist [90] Alice Hamilton: 1869–1970: 101: American toxicologist [91] Michael Heidelberger: 1888–1991: 103: American immunologist [92] Rudolf Hell: 1901–2002: 100: German inventor [93] Joel Henry ...