Bill Haast, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Bill Haast

American scientist, specializing in snake venom

Date of Birth: 30-Dec-1910

Place of Birth: Paterson, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 15-Jun-2011

Profession: biologist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Bill Haast (December 30, 1910 – June 15, 2011) was the director of the Miami Serpentarium Laboratories, a facility near Miami, Florida that produces snake venom for medical and research use.
Haast extracted venom from venomous snakes from the time he was a boy.
From 1947 until 1984, he operated the Miami Serpentarium, a tourist attraction south of Miami, Florida, where he extracted venom from snakes in front of paying customers.Haast physically extracted venom from venomous snakes by holding them by the head and forcing them to strike a rubber membrane covering a vial.
As a result of handling these snakes, Haast had been bitten 172 times by mid-2008, all of which but the last few were validated by the Guinness Book of World Records "for surviving the most deadly snake bites", a distinction Haast disliked as he did not think being bitten was a goal to be attained or admired.