From c.1300 as to go, move, depart; move (someone or something), transport. Sense of to alter, to change appeared mid-13c. (cf. shiftless). Meaning change the gear setting of an engine is from 1910; to shift gears in the figurative sense is from 1961. Related: Shifted; shifting.
The African Egg-Eating Snake. The African egg-eating snake is one of Egyptâs more benevolent species. These tree-dwelling snakes have a wide range throughout Africa and parts of Arabia, but in Egypt they primarily inhabit the southern Nile Valley.f thereâs one snake in all of Egypt most likely to be mistaken for a devil, itâs the horned viper. This highly venomous desert snake has a hornlike scale protruding above each of its eyes, giving it a truly demonic appearance.
The only debate could be with the Russell's Viper of India as exact statistics are not readily available for the snake with the most mortalities. However, it is known that all other snakes are a distant third. To the best of my knowledge Egypt has no Adders (common, death, or puff) or Mambas (black or green).t is the third most venomous cobra in terms of toxicity only behind the Phillipene Cobra and Cape Cobra, which are not in egypt. However, the Egyptian Cobra releases a lot more venon then the other two as it is bigger and more agressive. It can yield up 200 mg of venom, which is more than most snakes.