blood-sopping claws

Example out of "Human being of Earth, it is high time for you to change for the better and for the good ..." by Eduard Albert Meier:
... Truly, however, you are still wandering about on the path of death straight into a bottomless abyss full of incredible torment and deadly ruin, which is lying in wait for you in order to tear you into its blood-sopping claws and to crush you mercilessly. ...