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Oct. 28 (UPI) \u2014<\/span> Sheriff\u2019s deputies in North Carolina came to the rescue of a loose emu that \u201cplayed Frogger<\/i> with traffic\u201d on a busy highway.<\/p>\n The Halifax County Sheriff\u2019s Office said in a Facebook post that deputies responded Thursday to a report of an emu on the loose on Interstate 95, near mile marker 167.\n<\/p>\n said the emu made it to mile marker 171 by the time deputies arrived and the flightless Australian bird was witnessed \u201cplaying Frogger<\/i> with traffic,\u201d a reference to the classic video game involving a frog attempting to cross a busy road.<\/p>\n The emu made its way to Chockoyotte Park in Roanoke Rapids before being wrangled by the deputies and returned to its owner.<\/p>\n \u201cWe would like to thank Halifax County Animal Control, Roanoke Rapids Animal Control, Halifax County E-911, RRPD, NC Wildlife and Sylvan Heights Bird Park for their assistance,\u201d the post said.<\/p>\n