FILE-In this Jan. 22, 1996 file photo, Bill Haast works with a Chinese Cobra at his serpentarium near Punta Gorda, Fla. Haast died Wednesday, he was 100. Haast remained director of Miami Serpentarium Laboratories near Punta Gorda until his death. The original Miami Serpentarium, located south of Miami, was in operation from 1947 to 1984. Guests would pay admission to watch Haast extract venom from snakes. Haast, a pioneer in extracting large quantities of venom for research, began the practice when he was a boy. Soon after opening the Serpentarium, Haast began injecting himself with different types of cobra venom in order to develop immunity. (AP Photo/Phil Sandlin, File)