What does the curse on the serpent mean? When God cursed the Earth He also cursed the serpent.


  Genesis 3:14 NASB
  
  The Lord God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, Cursed are you more than all cattle, And more than every beast of the field; On your belly you will go, And dust you will eat All the days of your life;


Is the serpent specifically Satan? If not, is there a practical outworking of this curse seen in serpents today? We surely see the other curses of labor pains in childbirth and toilsome labor.
The curse continues with its most important point


  And I will put enmity   between you and the woman, and between your offspring[a] and hers; he will crush[b] your head,   and you will strike his heel.”


This is thought to mean Jesus (enmity) will crush serpent's head (defeat death), after Jesus suffers (heel struck).