Grab your umbrellas, folks. We were expecting a response to our recent newsletter, but what we got was practically of deluge of emails, pointing us to a bunch of other doggie- and kitty-cam experiments. (Great minds think alike!)

Sam Easterton is a San Francisco-based author who has apparently been doing “animal-cams” for almost ten years. He outfits all sorts of animals – chicks, sheep, reptiles, you name it – with helmet cams, to draw attention to their perspective, hoping that his work “will help expand the public’s capacity to understand the natural environment - in empathetic terms.” Originally shared with us by Lori, Easterton’s work is beautiful and engaging.

More than two years ago, Engadget got the same idea we had after seeing the original TOMY doggie-cam product. Instead of a Gorillapod, though, they used The James Bond Stealth Camera, which nicely fit onto their pup’s collar.

One reader in our forum noticed Engadget’s piece, and soon filled up a whole Flickr set with great dog-cam shots. (I tell ya, we’re really liking how well the James Bond Stealth Camera works for this.)

Meanwhile, Mental Floss Magazine points us to whole gallery of Cat-Cam photos, showing life as Mr. Lee the Cat sees it. Mr. Lee’s owner is now even accepting submissions to put a Cat-Cam book together, and he’s selling his specialized Cat-Cam camera, if you’re interested.

Lastly, Jenny let us know about her Doggie-Cam, which she blogged about over a year ago – and most amazingly, she had the exact same idea we had, to use a Gorillapod. Jenny’s gotten some amazing POV shots showing off the world as Oscar sees it –which, as a small, rather adorable looking guy, is rather interesting.

So what about you? Have you tried out life as a dog yet?

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