Is there any known or widely accepted evolutionary advantage to snoring for humans or any other creature that snore? For me personally, It’s one of the most irritating natural noises on the planet! I can fall blissfully asleep to the sounds of rain, wind and even thunder but never, ever, snoring!
So I’m thinking, If somebody is snoring and prevents me from sleeping, then perhaps that’s a survival advantage for the snorer? As it could increase the chances of someone, like me, to remain awake when and if a predator lurks by so I can warn the snorer, thus, increasing the snorers chances for survival! But I guess that would only be useful with social animals that sleep in packs.
However, I did read somewhere the idea that it could be a signal to other creatures signalling “I’m not actually dead, so don’t eat me”, but that could work the other way around to as a signal for a free lunch! So anyway, just curious...
Example of snoring by a dormouse.
Snoring Dormouse with sound - listen - YouTube