the payback for that is gonna be a bitch

Hamilton races F1 cars for a living. This is easily the tenth most dangerous and ill advised thing he did that week.

Body language on that tiger says to me: "What the -- oh hey, wazzup?" The tiger doesn't perceive that he was ROYALLY PUNK'D.

When a cat exposes their belly to you, it's a sign of trust, and I'm assuming tigers are the same way. But note that the message is something along the lines of, "I trust you enough to show you my belly, because I'm sure you wouldn't do anything stupid like grab it". Cat owners are known to misread the belly display with tragic bloody results.

Cats.