
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 has five pairs of different animals, each pair consisting of one male and one female. A caretaker must feed the animals in such a way that each animal he feeds is followed by one of the opposite gender. If he begins by feeding the male lion, determine the number of distinct feeding sequences possible for feeding all animals once.

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