A South Carolina sheriff's office shared video from the capture of a loose emu that proved to be difficult to lasso.

Nov. 11 (UPI) -- A South Carolina sheriff's office shared video from the capture of a loose emu that proved to be difficult to lasso.

The Greenville County Sheriff's Office said its Charlie Platoon deputies responded Saturday when the emu was spotted dangerously close to Highway 418 traffic in Pelzer.

The body camera video from the incident shows a deputy unsuccessfully attempting to lasso the Australian avian.

"I heard their claws are real sharp," a deputy says in the video. "I've seen them in the zoo, I've never messed with one. That's a big ol' bird."

More deputies arrived on the scene and used their cars to block the emu into a contained area.

A local resident with emu wrangling experience volunteered to assist with the capture, and a neighbor provided some chicken feed to help keep the bird busy while waiting for the volunteer to arrive.

The local resident arrived on scene and the video shows him gently wrestling the emu to the ground so it could be transported to an animal control facility.