There is an old saying that curiosity killed the cat.
If curiosity killed cats, this one would have died then and there.
"Curiosity could kill you in a place like this, I think."
However curiosity killed more than just a cat, as the family soon finds out.
But he does not take a closer look; in this part of the city, curiosity has killed more than cats.
Curiosity might not be killing the cat but it was certainly embarrassing the human.
Perhaps this is the origin of the old expression 'curiosity killed the cat'?
Their mother warns them in song that "curiosity killed the cat."
And didn't they say that, although curiosity killed the cat, satisfaction brought the beast back?
You know what they say: Curiosity killed the mutant bird kid.