There's something about warmer climates that makes people a little wild and crazy, I've noticed. Colder climates too, as evidenced by traditional Finnish folk songs, only in a different way.. While greater proximity to the Equator seems to promote flaying and wearing of skins and mutilation of various body parts, greater proximity to the Arctic Circle seems to promote burning at stake, tossing in bog, hanging etc. Both types seem to relish poisons, though.