
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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A sanctuary houses six different pairs of animals, each pair consisting of a male and female. The caretaker must feed the animals alternately by gender, meaning no two animals of the same gender can be fed consecutively. Given the additional constraint that the male giraffe cannot be fed immediately before the female giraffe, in how many ways can the caretaker complete the feeding if he starts with the male lion?

Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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