Then he got confused, because that would have meant the males were also taking care of the young in a colony, and he seemed to think that would be completely impossible.
אבל אז הוא התבלבל, כי זה אומר שהזכרים הם גם אלה  שמטפלים בצעירים במושבה, והוא חשב שזה לחלוטין בלתי אפשרי.