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Jim Jablon will spend all of January inside an enclosure with two African lions as part of an effort to raise funds for a Florida wildlife rehabilitation center struggling to meet operating costs.
It seemed like a clever idea at first, he joked during an interview, but after the first four days he's not so sure.

The cats -- a 2-year-old named Lea and a 1-year-old named Ed -- are young and playful, but they're also powerful and their caretaker sometimes feels over-matched.
Jablon entered the enclosure at midnight New Year's Eve. Though he has the lockout area as his private space, he stays inside the enclosure and spends most of his time with the lions.
He showers with a hose. He eats when his lions eat, which is once a day. They're each fed 10-12 pounds of chicken and steak; he accepts whatever his 13-year-old daughter, Chelsea, brings him.

Jablon sleeps when the lions sleep, in a sleeping bag on a bed of straw. Since the animals become active at night, Jablon has had to adjust his sleeping habits as well as his lifestyle habits, since he cannot take a hot shower or snack from the refrigerator.
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