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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Ground rods are copper (steel is an ok conductor not great) and driven 8ft into the ground or if thats not possible laid down so they have 8ft of contact with the soil. How deep was the steel pipe?

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