I just harvested my first shark...I crossed a male widow with purple leaf stems to the shunk#1 pheno of super skunk. the other s.s.phenos were little shop of horrors(absolute beast!)-spicey sweet , and some freaky frosty(catpiss?)dandelion tasting stuff I couldn't smoke personally- I couldn't get past the puke inducing taste! that's the only weed I've ever NOT been able to smoke! the people who did pestered me for more! anyway, I've never tried the official shark, so I can't say which is better...what i can say, is: the santa cruz shark is oficially kickass weed!!!! it's way better than the s.s. mother! and yields way better than the widow...this big fish takes over! while not as vigorous as its aunt little shop(I doubt anything is)...she grows fast and big...with real firepower! an energetic high..I haven't pushed it yet, so I'm not sure how high the ceiling is...I can't wait 'til late this summer, when i start bringing in some crystal haze- same father, but n.l./haze mother...the mother grew to the size of a small dinner table before being bunnie munched! she survived enough to finish(early)...she was definitely better(high) than the super skunk mother(s.c.shark)...the crystal haze has a couple phenos...my early fav' is 'mungo jerry'(mango cherry!!!!!)...the name says it all! it just gushes! she'd be a real problem for anyone considering odor control...or maybe not!- it smells too damn fruity to be weed! and I know it'll be good;25% norther lights,25% haze, and 50% widow?it's not gonna' be ditchweed! it grows aggressively, though not like the shark. the n.l.haze mother smelled like chocolate dipped pineapples, with a similar taste. the sister of the male widow smelled/smoked like cherry pez...my fav' smoke so far! you get headrushes if you smoke too much. I'm keepin' her clones...and here's one for all the greenhouse puritans...my cherry pez widow is a b.c.seedking F2 knockoff!! HAAAA!!!! and I wouldn't trade her for any other widow. period!