By Laura Carreno Simon Reeve has never shied away from taking risks but in doing so, he was left with a secret scar which he sees as a reminder of his close call with a whale shark. The 51-year-old branded himself “an absolute fool” as he remembered the incident. At the time, the BBC Two star – who is back with another episode of Burma with Simon Reeve at 8pm this Sunday – was filming off the coast of New Guinea, as part of an episode centred around the Pacific Ocean’s Coral Triangle. Intrigued and determined to get the footage he needed, Simon jumped straight into the water after spotting the…