# Mastodon — Life, Death, and Discovery

> Life, Death, and Discovery (iPhone/iPad app by University of Waterloo.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mastodon/id1409802518 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [University of Waterloo](https://appshunter.io/developer/497334849)
- Category: Education
- Price: Free
- Age rating: 4+
- Requires: iOS 9.1 · 350 MB
- Languages: English
- Released: 2018-09-12
- Data updated: 2026-05-19
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/mastodon/id1409802518/reviews.md

## What is Mastodon?

Travel through time and observe the fossilization and discovery of a mastodon skeleton.  Print out the mastodon mural page on the University of Waterloo’s - Earth Sciences Museum webpage https://uwaterloo.ca/earth-sciences-museum/app or visit the Museum and use it with the 10 by 15 foot Mastodon painting. 

Open the app and point your device camera at the mastodon mural to see the mastodon come to life! 

Jump through time by selecting the ‘Years Ago’ button on the top left corner of the screen and explore the many time period scenes by moving the central viewing circle over the transparent yellow circles in the image.


## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.1 — 2018-12-20

Updated icon

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