Mastodon group consisted of adult females and young, living in bonded groups called mixed herds. The males abandoned the mixed herds once reaching sexual maturity and lived either alone or in male bond groupings. As in modern elephants, there probably was no seasonal synchrony of mating activity, with both males and females seeking out each other for mating when sexually active. Mastodons have been characterized as predominantly browsing animals. Most accounts of gut contents have identified coniferous twigs as the dominant element in their diet. Other accounts (Burning tree mastodon) have reported no coniferous content and suggest selective feeding on low,
Mastodon (software) available for a range of systems, including Android, iOS, SailfishOS and Windows Mobile. While Mastodon was first released in October 2016, the service began to expand in late March and early April 2017. "The Verge" wrote that the community at this time was small and that it had yet to attract the personalities that keep users at Twitter. In November 2017 artists, writers and entrepreneurs such as Chuck Wendig, John Scalzi, Melanie Gillman and later John O'Nolan joined in, while Mastodon had reached 1 million accounts on December 1, 2017. Another spike in popularity came in March, through April of