Following the furore over the Frozen Planet polar bear footage, the BBC appears to be pre-empting any hacks casting an eagle eye over its latest wildlife hit Great Barrier Reef. A feature about the BBC2 show on the BBC's website admits that the footage of a cone snail swallowing a fish (Monkey tip: don't watch it while you're eating) was filmed "in an aquarium at the James Cook University in Cairns, Australia" rather than on the Great Barrier Reef. Mind you, the Beeb admitted on its website that the Frozen Planet bears were filmed in a zoo and that did not stop the tabloids going crazy for that story.
