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 King Cobra (Ophiophagus hannah) is a species of the Elapidae family. It is the world's longest venomous snake with a length that can be as large as 5.6 m (18.5 ft).This species is found in a number of areas, found throughout south-eastern Asia and into Pakistan and India.ts genus name, Ophiophagus, literally means snake-eater, and its diet primarily consists of other snakes, including larger pythons and even smaller members of its own species. The venom of the King Cobra is primarily neurotoxic, and the snake is fully capable of killing a human with a single bite.