Eli5 Why didn’t connecting live wire to earth (literally) cause short circuit?

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My father wanted to kill a mole by putting a steel pipe into the ground and connecting live wire to it. I thought it would cause the short circuit but it didn’t. Why?

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Hold up. Did he connect it straight to the mains? Please tell me he had some level of insulation on the bare metal?

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