As promised, here we have a character from another franchise, in this case Shira from Ice Age is having fun while trampling on some strange "hives" of insects.
The crisp, cold air about her was a good indication that it was growing colder again. The warm seasons were ending, and soon, they'd have nothing but snow as far as the eye could see. So she was out here, hunting for a few bits more of prey, that they could try and last the cold season once again. Diego was off with his...idiot friends, lets be serious, but he would at least bring home something.
She would need to be the one who brought home the most, both for herself and Diego, and for the others. But that didn't mean she didn't have time for a bit of curiosity, as she saw a weird shimmer in the air, and drew closer to it to find steam rising from the ground, all centered on some nest of insects, grey and spiky, that seemed to be growing out of the ground in a clearing, surrounded by sparse patches of grass.
Shira tilted her head at it, curiously, but leaning close, she smelled something awful, and let out a snort, as she pulled backwards sharply, and pinched her nose. Shaking her head, the saber toothed tigress decided quickly that this hive needed to be dealt with before it spread, and so she stepped forward, and then held her foot above it, letting the long, dark shadow pass over it.
Grinning, and even purring, despite herself, Shira slowly lowered her paw down, feeling each crackle, snap, and pop as her sole flattened the hive beneath her weight, literally smashing it into the Earth under her tread. And when at last, hard pad met soft soil, she twisted her leg a bit, grinding it down to nothing, and leaving a nice, odd pawprint in the snow, before she moved on with the rest of her hunting, perhaps with a bit of a skip in her step.
