Like a ninja, cats have a spectacular ability to right themselves in mid-air and land on their feet. How do they do this? Well, first they have an apparatus in their ear giving them the ability to know right side up. While they’re in the air, they shift the top part of their body one way and the lower part the other to force their entire body in a good landing position. On top of that, they can arch their back and use their body as an umbrella to slow their fall.