tears apart huts

The ancient witch doctor tottered forth, shrieking at Kong, who cruelly crushed him like an ant before seizing the lifeless body, biting it in two, and dropping the bloody fragments. Kong tore the roof off one hut, examined the scattered ruins, and smashed the next one as the islanders fled. Hunting, Driscoll thought. Hunting for Ann!”

Merian C. Cooper's King Kong, Chapter 19


Pushing forward, Kong moved into the cluster of grass huts and commenced pulling them apart as if they were nut shells containing delicious sweetmeats.
The last of the natives dropped their torches and fled the wall, but the simian creature had no interest in them. They were familiar forms, and he was looking for hair the color of polished gold.
Stooping often, Kong examined the interior of hut after hut, grunting and making noises consistent with animal anger and frustration. His broad nostrils flared as he sought a familiar, tantalizing scent.

King Kong vs Tarzan, Chapter 1