Since childhood we were told that water is one of the best electricity conductor. The fact is that the purest form of water is actually not a very good conductor of water, the contaminations in water like minerals and dissolved salts make it conductible.
Right from childhood we have believed that this is true but the fact is Ostriches don’t bury their heads under sand when they are threatened instead, they either run really fast or they will flop and pretend that they are dead.