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.
Common names: golden tree snake, ornate flying snake, golden flying snake (more). Chrysopelea ornata is a colubrid snake found in both South and Southeast Asia.hrysopelea ornata has two major colour forms, which are largely determined by geographic locality, and their descriptions are given below: 1  In Sri Lanka and the southern extent of its Indian range, the snake is primarily greenish yellow or pale green.