A cat righting itself in free fall also manages to do so without violating conservation of angular momentum: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_cat_proble

A cat righting itself in free fall also manages to do so without violating conservation of angular momentum: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_cat_problem https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Falling_cat_problem The more general term/field is https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonholonomic_system https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nonholonomic_system.