Why is the ability of the Tasmanian devil to process bone nutritionally significant?

It allows them to gain access to essential nutrients locked within the skeletal structure that less equipped scavengers might overlook

The capacity to crush and ingest bone provides a distinct nutritional advantage over scavengers that cannot process hard materials. Bones are not merely ingested incidentally; they contain essential elements, most notably calcium, along with other minerals and marrow. By effectively breaking down the skeleton, the devil maximizes nutrient extraction from a carcass, accessing a dense source of energy and minerals that would otherwise be inaccessible, thus completing the recycling of the animal matter.