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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Dirt and rocks often have very poor conductivity, but this varies a lot with the soil conditions. In your case, the resistance where the metal pipe touches the dirt is just too high for a high for a large amount of current to flow. This also means it is unlikely to electrocute the mole.
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