Video: You picked on the wrong bird! Moment man grabs escaped emu and wrestles it to the ground - before the animal breaks free, headbutts him and runs off

This is the moment an emu headbutted its captor during a dramatic takedown after escaping from its home.

The exotic bird was tackled to the ground on a country road on September 9 after bolting from its holding in Salcombe, Devon.

Footage captured by James Barker, 46, who was driving along the road when the tussle took place, shows a man wrestling with the defiant emu while struggling to keep it under control.

He attempts to pin down the bird before shouting: 'Emu down, emu down!' - in a bid to seek assistance from staff at the farm.